Chicago: SDS, 1969. An uncommon SDS publication calling for a National Action in Chicago on October 11, 1969. This action became famously known as the Days of Rage, an inept attempt by the Weathermen faction of SDS to “bring the war home” by rioting in the streets of Chicago. The..... More
Chicago: Chicago Seed, [1970. A single issue of the long-running Chicago underground paper, which ran from 1967-74. Articles on the third world, environmentalism, Timothy Leary, Lonnie McLucas and the Black Panthers, a letter from Huey P. Newton on homosexuality and women’s liberation, Free City Directory, centerfold poster, countercultural news, etc...... 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
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 York]: 5th Ave. Marijuana Parade Coalition, [197-]. An 8 ½” x 11” offset-printed flyer advertising a march to “stop the witch hunts!” and to “end job discrimination against tokers.” The march was sponsored by the Yippie front group, the 5th Ave. Marijuana Parade Coalition. A Fine copy. More
New York: Activists for a Democratic Culture, 1971-72. A very scarce grouping of material published and disseminated by Activists for a Democratic Culture (ADC), a group of artists, writers and other cultural workers in NYC opposed to the “racism, sexism, and self-serving cynicism that passes as culture by those who..... More
Philadelphia: Phila. Prairie Fire Dist. Comm, [1976]. An 8 ½” x 11” bilingual flyer issued by the Philadelphia branch of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee (here called the Phila. Prairie Fire Dist[ribution] Comm[ittee]) in opposition to the “chauvinistic birthday party” thrown under the guise of the nation’s bicentennial. The flyer’s..... More
Lansing, Michigan: Outside the Net, [ca. 1973]. Tabloid format printed in red, yellow & black; 32 pp.; illus. The stated aim of "Outside the Net" is to analyze and reveal the dominant educational system from a radical perspective and to work to create a new one. 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
[Madison]: [SDS], [1973]. A poster for a screening and discussion of D. W. Griffith’s classic film, Birth of a Nation, as part of an anti-racism teach-in sponsored by SDS at UW-Madison in 1973. The panel discussion featured Finley C. Campbell, chairman of the Afro-American Studies Department, Kwame Salter, director of..... 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
Wrightstown, N.J.: Shakedown, 1969. A single issue of this GI-published underground paper from Fort Dix in New Jersey. Mostly coverage of the large protest that took place at Dix on Oct. 12, 1969 with photographs of protesters squaring off against the military. As noted by Wachsberger, this paper was alternately..... More
Springfield, MA: Smash, [1970]. 4to; stapled, photo-illustrated wrappers, 24 pp, illus. The first (and last?) issue of this radical high school student publication out of Springfield, MA. Women’s liberation, community policing, what a drag high school is, pig-this and pig-that, a nice UAW/MF centerfold poster (‘Armed Love’), etc. A well-done..... 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
[Berkeley?]: Third World Liberation Front, [1969]. A pamphlet written and published by the Third World Liberation Front providing a detailed chronology, a discussion of the politics and tactics of the strike, and a proposal for an alternative Third World College. Published after the strike was temporarily suspended on March 14..... 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
[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
Madison: The History of Wisconsin's People Project, [1973]. An 11” x 17” thread-bound calendar printed in color by the RPM Printing Collective. In Fine condition except for a small pen squiggle between the columns of each page and on the rear cover. Three copies in OCLC at the Univ. of..... More
Boston: New England Free Press, [1969]. The founding statement of the Weatherman (later the Weather Underground) originally published in the June 18, 1969 issue of New Left Notes, which was distributed on the first day of the schismatic 1969 SDS National Convention in Chicago. The turgid New Left prose advocates..... More
New York: Attica Brigade, 1974. First edition. Tabloid newspaper format printed in black on newsprint; 8 pp.; illus. Articles on the seizure by the Attica Brigade of the Statue of Liberty; African Liberation Day; May Day International Workers' Day; various demonstrations at the Univ. of Conn.; etc. The Attica Brigade..... More
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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
Berkeley: Bay Area Research Collective, [1976]. First edition. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (7” x 8 ½”), 41 pp printed on different colored stock, illus. A Fine copy. One of 1250 copies printed of this issue. A single issue of this Bay Area Research Collective publication, which served as an aboveground mouthpiece for..... More
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Philadelphia: Free Press, 1968-71. A good representational run of this Philadelphia underground paper first published at Temple Univ. in 1968 and then becoming the Philadelphia Free Press with the June 6, 1969 issue. The paper grew into the most militant of Philly's underground/counterculture papers resulting in numerous run-ins with Police..... 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
[Philadelphia]: The Free University, 1971. First edition. A course catalog for the Spring 1971 semester of the Free University, an alternative university funded by the University of Pennsylvania’s student government. Includes an introductory letter from co-directors Robert S. Brody and Don Cooper followed by a list of courses with descriptions..... More