Category Archives: Newspaper

Robert Stone on the 1960s and A New Disruption in Culture By Robert Stone

Posted on February 20, 2020 by

Seaman’s papers, 1960 “The word that I associate with the 60s is Disruption. There was, for example, technical disruption, just as there had been around the invention of the printing press. The computer, which had started the decade sitting in … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Happenings, Ken Kesey, LSD, Marijuana, Newspaper | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Situationist Times, 1962–67

Posted on February 18, 2020 by

“Jacqueline de Jong was born in 1939, in the Dutch town of Hengelo, to liberal, contemporary art-collecting Jewish industrialists. In 1942, she and her mother fled to her mother’s native Switzerland, where they stayed out the war in Zurich; one … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Counterculture, Happenings, Newspaper, Paris | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

I.F. Stone’s Weekly

Posted on February 9, 2020 by

“I. F. Stone (Isidor Feinstein Stone, December 24, 1907 – June 18, 1989) was a politically progressive American investigative journalist, writer, and author. He is best remembered for I. F. Stone’s Weekly (1953–71), a newsletter ranked 16th among the top … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Civil Rights Mov., Lyn. Johnson, Newspaper, Vietnam War | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Open City

Posted on November 7, 2019 by

“Open City was a weekly underground newspaper published in Los Angeles by avant-garde journalist John Bryan from May 6, 1967 to April 1969. It was noted for its coverage of radical politics, rock music, psychedelic culture and the ‘Notes of … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Power, Eldridge Cleaver, Newspaper | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Motor City Comics #1 – April, 1969

Posted on October 16, 2019 by

“In the spring of 1969 Crumb produced Motor City Comics #1, which introduces Lenore Goldberg, one of his strongest female characters to date. While she displays some of Crumb’s favorite physical attributes, such as muscular thighs and cheesecake cleavage, Goldberg … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminist, LSD, Marijuana, Newspaper | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Underground newspapers: The social media networks of the 1960s and 1970s

Posted on September 15, 2019 by

Published in Detroit from 1965 to 1967, Free Poems Among Friends was one of a large number of literary undergrounds. “The social movements of the 1960s and 1970s transformed American politics, social life, and culture. From civil rights groups, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Power, Civil Rights Mov., Counterculture, Feminist, Mexico, Newspaper, Poetry, Vietnam War | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Practical Man’s Guide to Washington Square

Posted on July 1, 2019 by

“… August 2, 1962. The fantastical map above was conceived by Jaf to supplement ‘A Practical Man’s Guide to Washington Square.’ The numbers in parentheses in the article may be coordi­nated with the numbers on the map. Monuments and Shrines. … Continue reading →

Posted in Newspaper | Tagged | Leave a comment