San Francisco: Earth Times, Inc., 1970. A single issue of this early underground ecology tabloid with a feature article titled, “The Brief Against Standard Oil” by Larry Luce, “The World Game: Utopia on Earth by 1980” by Hal Aigner, an interview with Barry Commoner, Earth People’s Park by John Lewallen..... More
Palo Alto, California: Grass Roots Writing Collective, [1970]. Second Edition. A detailed report on the profit-hungry development of the Mid-Peninsula area of California (the area between Redwood City and Sunnyvale) and the concomitant housing shortage, environmental degradation, commercial expansion and defense contracts. Included is a history of the area beginning..... More
San Francisco: Pacific Counseling Service, 1972. The “oppressive history of Standard Oil, its involvement with the Rockefellers, its international empire, its attempt to control public policy, its history of environmental destruction, the profits it makes from the Vietnam war, its control of oil prices here and overseas, its robbery of..... More
Millville, Minnesota: Anvil Press, 1979. An alarmist primer on the dangers of nuclear power based on a report by Dr. Elise Jerard (The Case for the People, By the People, In a Time of Technological Tyranny, 1977), which was then expanded in this compiled publication by North Country Anvil editor..... More
San Francisco: Peoples Press, 1976. Ffifth edition. An illustrated, New Left primer that blames greedy, imperialist capitalists for pollution and world hunger. Claims that the Vietnam War is not about anti-Communism, but about controlling the natural resources of Southeast Asia in order to open up new markets for American products..... More
Washington, D. C. Supporters of Silkwood, 1978. An issue of the Supporters of Silkwood newsletter, which provided information on the legal case filed by Karen Silkwood’s family following her mysterious death while on her way to meet a New York Times journalist in 1974. Silkwood, a plutonium worker and spokesperson..... More
Bloomington: Jeff Sharlet Chapter, New University Conference, [ca. 1970]. An early example of ecological catastrophizing from the Indiana University chapter of New University Conference on the inevitable collapse of civilization based on unchecked growth/capitalism. “This compilation of articles is a mandate for radical action on environmental issues, the contention being..... More