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
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Ann Arbor Tribal Council Week, January 16-20, 1972
Ann Arbor: Communications Committee, Ann Arbor Tribal Council, [1971]. A tabloid newspaper announcing a four day communal event in celebration of the first anniversary of the People’s Food Co-op. The week of poetry, film screenings, music, and meetings was “designed to introduce people on campus to the life of the..... More
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Columbia Newsletter, June 29, 1970 [with] Columbia Student: Newsletter of the Columbia Unit of the American Student Movement, Vol. 1, No. 2, February 18, 1971
New York: American Student Movement, 1970-1971. Two issues of newsletters associated with the Maoist American Student Movement at Columbia University. The earlier issue is called “Columbia Newsletter: Local Organ of American Student Movement (anti-imperialist) at Columbia University” and the later issue is “Columbia Student: Newsletter of the Columbia United of..... More
Community Press Service, #19
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
Fire!, Vol. 1, No. 2
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
A flyer for a Gathering of Tribes at the Fens
[Boston?]: n.p., [ca. late 1960s]. An anti-Vietnam War flyer produced in anger and haste following military action in North Vietnam. The author employs standard New Left vernacular co-opted from Native American culture to announce a “gathering of tribes” and “war council” at the Fens, presumably at Boston University. The idiomatic..... More
Four items on the Great Chicago Conspiracy [Chicago Seven]
Chicago: The Conspiracy, [1969]. Four items in support of the Chicago Eight (later, Chicago 7), which included prominent activists Bobby Seale, Dave Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, John Froines, and Lee Weiner, who were arrested on conspiracy charges following violent protests at the 1968 Democratic National..... More
Helix, Vol. 4, No. 9
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
Impeach Nixon
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
Join the Conspiracy - Days of Rage
Chicago: Mark Morris Design for the Conspiracy, [1969]. A poster featuring photographs of the Chicago 8 with an invitation to “join the conspiracy” at the Weatherman-organized Days of Rage in Chicago from October 8-11, 1969. The Chicago 8 (later, Chicago 7), which included prominent activists Bobby Seale, Dave Dellinger, Tom..... More
The NUC Women's Caucus Newsletter (five issues)
Chicago: Women's Caucus of the New University Conference, 1970-71. Five issues of the irregularly issued newsletter of the Women’s Caucus of the New University Conference. The content is focused on organizational issues and the Caucus’ intersection with the broader women’s liberation movement. Issues include, nos. 5-7 and two unnumbered issues..... More
Old Mole, No. 23, Sept. 26-Oct. 9
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
A packet of material from The Commune
New York: The Commune, 1968. A packet comprising a complete run in two unnumbered issues of The Commune’s eponymous newsletter; a fold-out flyer titled “Resistance or Revolution?” explaining the (deserving) disdain segments of the working class have for radical students; and a laid-in flyer titled, “The Wilting of a Couple..... More
People's Yellow Pages Fall '72
Kansas City, Missouri: People's Yellow Pages, 1972. One of the many “people’s yellow pages” issued during the 1960s and 70s, this one by a collective in Kansas City, Missouri. A national directory of “places to buy the everyday essentials at a reduced rate, groups that are involved in that big..... More
Phoenix, Vol. 1, No. 5
Nashville, Tenn. The Southern Movement Press, [1969]. An issue of the Southern Student Organizing Committee’s newspaper, which focuses on radical organizing in the South. Content is primarily organized by state and includes original and reprinted articles on SSOC activities in North & South Carolina, Florida, West Virginia, Arkansas, Georgia and..... More
Populist, Vol. 1, Nos. 1, 3
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
The Promised Land: A Grass Roots Report on Mid-Peninsula Land Use
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
Radicals in the Professions / Something Else (11 issues)
Ann Arbor / Detroit: Radical Education Project, 1967-71. Approximately half of all published issues of this SDS-initiated newsletter established as a forum for non-student radicals entering or working in professional fields while remaining committed to social justice and community organizing. Published in the wake of the Radicals in the Professions..... More
Red Times, Vol. 1, No. 3
[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
Right On Time, Vol. III, No. 7, April 8, 1974
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
Science for the People (11 issues)
Cambridge: Science for the People, 1977-1990. Scientists and Engineers for Social and Political Action (SESPA) formed in 1969 as an outgrowth of the New Left and anti-war movements and began publishing Science for the People as a mimeographed newsletter. By 1970, the newsletter was upgraded to a professionally designed and..... More
A small collection of People Against Racism material
Detroit: People Against Racism, 1969-1971? People Against Racism (PAR) was founded in the late 1960s in Detroit by white activists involved with the Friends of the Northern Student Movement. The group worked to “expose racism and educate people with regard to its function and operation in society; to support the..... More
South Bay Liberal Coalition is having a FAIR, Sunday, October 6 at Redondo Beach City Park Bandshell
[Los Angeles?: South Bay Peace and Freedom Clubs], [1968]. An 8 ½” x 11” flyer printed on light blue stock advertising a picnic sponsored by 46th A.D. Democratic Council and the South Bay Peace & Freedom Clubs. Entertainment was provided by The Pie & Awning Company and The Brothers &..... More
Strike at Frisco State! The Story Behind It
San Francisco: Research Organizing Cooperative of San Francisco (ROC), [1969]. An account of the strike at San Francisco State Univ. led by the Third World Liberation Front on behalf of minority students who wanted to establish an autonomous School of Ethnic Studies. Stapled, photo-illustrated wrappers (10 ¾” x 8”), 38..... More
The Student Mobilizer Special Wallposter Issue No. 1, January 18, 1969
New York: Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1969. The first of at least seven posters included in issues of the Student Mobilizer, the newspaper of the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam. The recto includes a photograph of a bandaged soldier smoking and..... More