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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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
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
Berkeley: Independent Socialist Club, [1968]. “The ghetto uprisings which have turned cities throughout America into blazing battlefields are a natural, long-expected and entirely justified counterattack against the police and slum merchants who daily oppress the ghetto.” The ISR argues for a more organized approach to militant action, which should encompass..... More
Brooklyn: Progressive Labor Party, [1972]. A Spanish language pamphlet by the Progressive Labor Party on the little-known history of Cuban communism from 1925-1945, with an analysis of “Fidelism” after 1952. Stapled, photo-illustrated newsprint wrappers (10 ¾” x 8 ”), 22 p., 12 photographs, two illustrations. Bottom corner slightly chipped, browning..... 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
[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
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
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
Chicago / Cambridge: New University Conference, 1970. A collection of articles written and produced collectively by a group of Harvard women affiliated with the New University Conference, who claim in the prologue, “The relation of Harvard to its women is similar to that of the missionary to his heathen.” Articles..... 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
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
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: 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
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
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
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
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
[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
Tucson: Ministry of Information, John Brown Party, 1970. The fifth issue of the radical tabloid published by the John Brown Party, a short-lived group of revolutionary, anti-racist whites in Tucson who modeled themselves after the Black Panther Party, the Young Patriots, the Young Lords, etc. The group established a People’s..... 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
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
[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
New York: Committee to Defend the Panthers, [1970]. A two-sided newsprint poster issued by the Committee to Defend the Panthers focusing on Black Panther Lonnie McLucas who was one of the New Haven 9. McLucas was one of three Black Panthers convicted of murdering Alex Rackley, a Panther accused of..... More
Chicago: New University Conference, 1970. First edition. One sheet folded, 4 pp. One in a series of crisis papers issued by NUC to address the political and tactical differences between different factions of student radicals. This paper focused on the question of violence on college campuses. The author(s) discuss seven..... More