New York: Realist Association, 1973. Wraps. Side stapled journal. 8 pp including covers. Black and white illustration on the front cover by Penelope Rogers. Single issue of this journal, founded in 1958, becoming a key publication in the underground press, often using satire and subversive humor to critique American mainstream..... More
Oakland, CA: The Flatlands, Publisher, 1966. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 12 pp. Black and white photos throughout. An early underground newspaper devoted to social and political reform in the Oakland, California region (and beyond). This issue looks at police brutality and the need for police reform; contains a one..... More
Berkeley: Independent Socialist Club, Publisher. Unbound. no date, presumed 1968. Single sheet, legal sized. Printed on a single side only. A flier printed as a call to action and strategy, highlighting the "state of civic disaster" declared by the Berkeley Town Council that "destroyed" the street culture of Telegraph Avenue..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Berkeley, CA circa 1968. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. A flier advertising a mass meeting at Bancroft and Telegraph Avenues in Berkeley to discuss a July 4th rally and contingencies based on what the Berkeley City Council..... More
Chicago: Workers Congress (M-L), 1976. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 8 pp. With a few photos. A newspaper issued by the Workers Congress (M-L), an organization formed after a split with the Black Workers Congress, a split mostly due to party dogma. Several pages devoted to the life and work..... More
Berkeley: American Civil Liberties Union Berkeley-Albany Chapter, Publisher. 1968. Wraps. Booklet, single stapled, 8 ½ by 11 inches. 44 leaves, printed on single sides only. A report by the Police Conduct Complaint Center, an organization formed by the Berkeley-Albany chapter of the ACLU in an effort to document police violence..... More
San Francisco: Student Strike Committee, Publisher, 1968. Unbound. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on a single side only. Photomechanically reproduced. A flier announcing a solidarity demonstration, soliciting students from other Bay area campuses to support the demonstration at San Francisco State. This protest was to be held..... More
New York: R.A.T. Publications, 1969. Tabloid. Side folding newspaper. Approximately 16 ½ by 11 ¼ inches. 20 pp., with black and white photos and illustrations throughout. An issue of this New York based newspaper founded in 1968, known for its coverage of far left organizations and causes and militant stance..... More
Philadelphia: Freedom Press, Inc, 1969. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid format newspaper, with a full front page photo of Malcolm X. 16 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this underground newspaper embracing radical, left wing and socialist causes (with a Marxist-Leninist bent). The Temple Free Press originated at..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. A flier highlighting events being held in celebration of the people of Berkeley gaining the right to assemble on Telegraph Avenue. The piece lists a program of events including a performance by the San Francisco Mime Troupe Gorilla..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Perhaps Berkeley, CA, 1968. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Perhaps printed using a spirit duplicator. A flier urging protestors to not provoke police and others, requesting that "we prevent window breaking and rock throwing. A Confrontation at this..... More
Stanford, CA: Stanford SDS. Wraps. no date, presumed late 1960s. Illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. With a few illustrations. Written by the Stanford University chapter of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the work contrasts the mainstream liberal student's perspective of Stanford with the reality experienced by members of the SDS..... More
Berkeley, CA: Red Mountain Tribe, Publisher, 1971. Tabloid. Tabloid format. 20 pp. Illustrations and photos throughout. A single issue of this radical, counterculture underground newspaper from Berkeley, California, formed after a split with the Berkeley Barb over labor issues. The Tribe embraced more radical and left-wing causes. This issue with..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Berkeley, CA, circa 1968, 1969. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on a single side only. A flier for an antiwar meeting to be held at 100 Wheeler (presumably at UC Berkeley), mentioning upcoming antiwar actions around..... More
Berkeley/San Francisco: Women For Peace, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Publisher. Unbound. no date, presumed late 1960s, early 1970s. Single sheet, legal sized, light yellow paper stock. A flier highlighting the dangers of anti-ballistic missiles, the fallacies in their supposed use and what could be done with the..... More
Philadelphia: Freedom Press, Inc, 1970. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid format newspaper, with a full front page photo of Huey Newton (the photo of him with a pump action shotgun). 16 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this underground newspaper embracing radical, left wing and socialist causes (with..... More
Cambridge/Somerville, MA: The Old Mole, Publisher, 1969. Tabloid. Newspaper tabloid format. 16 pp. Black and white illustrations and photos throughout. Early issue of this underground newspaper from Boston, Massachusetts, devoted primarily to politics and left-wing struggles. Issued by sympathizers and associates of the SDS, and primarily focusing on the Boston..... More
Baltimore, MD: The Steeler, Publisher, 1972. Unbound. Single legal sized sheet, dark yellow paper stock. Printed on both sides. A newsletter issued by workers at the Bethlehem Steel Company mill at Sparrows Point in Maryland, addressing various labor and worker rights issues. This issue looks at Coke Oven workers and..... More
Columbus, OH: Columbus Free Press, Publisher, 1973. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 16 pp. Black and white illustrations and photos throughout. An underground newspaper from Columbus, Ohio, the Columbus Free Press was founded in 1970 and was published intermittently through the 1990s. It is still published online and in..... More
San Francisco: War Resisters League, Publisher. Unbound. no date, presumed 1969. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on orange-yellow paper stock. Mostly text, with two illustrations of guns. A flier for an event sponsored by the pacificist organization, the War Resisters League, on July 3rd of 1968, celebrating..... More
San Diego: Door to Liberation, Publisher, 1970. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 12 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Originally started in early 1968 as Teaspoon Door, the Door to Liberation was one of a variety of short-lived names for what became known as the San Diego..... More
No Place: Students for a Democratic Society. Pamphlet. No place or date. Perhaps Ann Arbor, MI, mid 1960s. Side stapled booklet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. 8 pp. A pamphlet, "Our Invisible Poor," by Dwight Macdonald intentionally stapled to the first page. A piece prepared by the Students for a...... More