The Ally, No. 10, October, 1968
Berkeley: The Ally, 1968. Tabloid format printed in black on newsprint, [8] p., illus. State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin stamp to the top of the front page. More
Berkeley: The Ally, 1968. Tabloid format printed in black on newsprint, [8] p., illus. State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin stamp to the top of the front page. More
Cambridge: Community Press Service, 1973. A single issue of this strangely formatted underground publication, which is composed of 16 11” x 17” loose sheets printed on rectos only (with blank yellow cover sheet). Content includes original and reprinted articles on union activity and workers’ rights, rent control protests and rent..... More
Chicago: Students for a Democratic Society, 1969. The second of only three issues of this short-lived SDS paper published by the Weatherman-dominated faction following the failed Days of Rage National Action in October. This issue was published directly after the Weatherman's participation in a Washington, D. C. demonstration on Nov.14-15..... More
Northampton: Valley Women's Center, [1972]. The first of only two issues of this short-lived second wave feminist newspaper produced by a group of women in Amherst, MA. Articles on Appalachian women, population control, welfare, self defense, women in the military, abortion, daycare, aging, & sexism in school; other personal essays..... More
Seattle: Helix, [1968]. An issue of Seattle’s underground newspaper featuring bold cover artwork by the Helix’s artist and associate editor, Walt Crowley, announcing his candidacy on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket for legislator. Also includes a multi-color centerfold spread on Crowley, in which he discusses his platform. Other notable..... More
Minneapolis: New American Movement, [1973]. A tabloid calling for the impeachment of Richard Nixon by the New American Movement. Much of the content was produced by the People's Assembly to Impeach Nixon (P.A.I.N.) in Austin, TX. Includes a large centerfold Wanted poster. NAM was founded in 1971 as a post-New..... More
New Orleans: In Arcane Logos, 1969. The inaugural issue of this relatively short-lived underground newspaper published in New Orleans and founded by disaffected staff members of The Word, New Orleans’ first underground newspaper. A few dozen issues were published in 1969, but it appears to have dissolved in December of..... More
Waltham, Mass.: National Strike Information Center], 1970. Tabloid format printed on newsprint, 12 pp. Newsprint browning, light chipping to edges, VG overall. An uncommon underground press title with only seven institutions holding scattered issues in WorldCat.A single issue of this underground press publication “established as a central house for all..... More
Springfield, Massachusetts: New Unity, 1971. The inaugural issue of this underground newspaper out of Springfield, Massachusetts that apparently ran for at least a decade. In a long section titled, “What Is New Unity?”, it’s described as “for the people and for rank & file,” “against those who prosper at the..... More
Boston: Old Mole, 1969. A single issue of this Boston underground paper. Content for this issue includes articles on a rent strike, Ft. Dix demo, Weatherman demos, the DoD Cambridge Project, Women and the University, History as Indoctrination, housing issues, many shorter items. Centerfold poster printed in red & black.Tabloid..... More
New York: Committee to Rebuild the National Welfare Rights Organization, 1973. The inaugural issue The Organizer, formerly the East Coast Organizer, the organ of the rebranded National Welfare Rights Organization after it had been taken over by Lyndon LaRouche’s National Caucus of Labor Committees. Much of the content related to..... More
New York: Youth Against War & Fascism, 1970. A special issue of YAWF’s paper on the Vietnam War. One long article comprised of the following sections: I. Peace - an interlude between wars II. The class roots of the war III. “War is the continuation of politics by other means”..... More
Philadelphia: Populist, 1970. Two tabloid issues of this short-lived student paper at Temple Univ.; each issue 4 pp. As stated in the inaugural issue: "Our one cardinal rule (for those of you who may consider submitting an article) is that we will not print rhetoric; our issues will stand or..... More
[Detroit?]: [Youth Against War & Fascism?], 1970. An issue of the uncommon & short-lived underground newspaper affiliated with Detroit Youth Against War & Fascism. This issue features articles on Black Panther Lonnie McLucas, rioting in Royal Oak, sexism in high school, racism, prisons, the law school program at Wayne State..... More
New York: CFC Communications Section, 1974. A scarce single issue of the organ of Centers for Change, an organization founded in NYC in 1968 as IF...THEN. The group was founded by Dr. Fred Newman and was initially anarchistic and confrontational before focusing on serious political organizing. They operated a therapeutic..... More
Ann Arbor: Up Against the Wall Street Journal, 1970. Three issues of this large format underground newspaper published in Ann Arbor. Included are [Vol. 1], number 3 (February 11, 1970); [Vol. 1], number 7 (April 8, 1970); and [Vol. 1], number 9 (October 26, 1970). Content focuses on standard New..... More
Canyon, CA: Vocations for Social Change, 1969-1974. A broken run of 19 issues of two periodicals from Vocations for Social Change, a communal social justice organization that began publishing resources for activists trying to find employment, living situations, and other resources that aligned with their values. Their first magazine, Vocations..... More
[Philadelphia: West Philadelphia Broadside], 1970. A one-off publication by the East Powelton Concerned Residents, one of the community groups most actively opposed to the West Phila. Corp.'s development plans around Drexel and Penn. Includes a long profile of the West Philadelphia Corporation, on an injunction prohibiting the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority..... More
Chicago: Chicago Women's Liberation Union, 1972. Two issues of this second wave feminist periodical published by the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union from 1971-73. No. 9 is a special issue on Vietnam, no. 10 is mainly focused on women’s health, abortion rights, and other second wave concerns. The group, which lasted..... More
New York: National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1972. A single issue the radical legal organ of the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee formed in 1951. Content for this issue includes “Perversion of the grand jury” by Leon Quat, “An Rx for political trials,” by Isadore Silver, “The duty of the..... More
Berkeley: Committee for the American Revolutionary Movement, [1970?]. A complete run in two issues of this underground newspaper published by the Committee for the American Revolutionary Movement. The group’s program is printed in issue 2. According to an insert, the paper’s purpose was “the bringing of an understanding of the..... More
Berkeley: Bay Area Research Collective, 1976. First edition. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (7” x 8 ½”), 57 pp, illus. A Fine copy.The final issue of this Bay Area Research Collective publication, which served as an aboveground mouthpiece for a variety of leftist terrorist groups including the Symbionese Liberation Army, New World..... More
New York: V. R.-Leviathan Publications, Inc., 1969. Tabloid format, stapled, printed in red and black on newsprint, 55 pp, illus. Although folded at one time, this copy has been stored flat, darkening at fold, newsprint slightly browned, but a Near Fine example. The inaugural issue of this influential underground paper..... More
Ann Arbor: Ministry of Information, White Panther Party, 1970-71. Two of only three published issues of the White Panther’s newspaper, which was modeled after The Black Panther. The White Panther Party was founded in Nov. 1968 by Pun Plamondon, Leni Sinclair, and John Sinclair as a response to Huey P...... More
Chico, CA: Chico Rising, 1971. Tabloid format printed in black on newsprint; 12 pp.; 16 pp. Two consecutive issues of this underground, Berkeley Barb-style newspaper out of Chico, CA, which still exists today as the alternative Chico News & Review. Contents include standard countercultural fare, including abortion rights, legal rights..... More