Insider Histories of the Vietnam Era Underground Press, Part 2

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/18998 This enlightening book offers a collection of histories of underground papers from the Vietnam Era as written and told by key staff members of the time. Their stories, building on those presented in Part 1, represent a wide range of publications: countercultural, gay, lesbian, feminist, Puerto Rican, Native American, Black, socialist, Southern consciousness, prisoners’ rights, New Age, rank-and-file, military, and more. Wachsberger notes that the underground press not only produced a few well-known papers but also was truly national and diverse in scope. His goal is to capture the essence of “the countercultural community.” This book will be a fundamental resource for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of a dramatic era in U.S. history, as well as offering a younger readership a glimpse into a generation of idealists who rose up to challenge and improve government and society. Table of Contents: Foreword by Susan Brownmiller xi Preface by Ken Wachsberger xiii Soldiers Against the Vietnam War: Aboveground and The Ally Harry W. Haines, with appendices by Harry W. Haines and James Lewes 1 Fast Times in the Motor City: The First Ten Years of the Fifth Estate, 1965–1975 Bob Hippler, with an appendix by Patrick Halley 47 Fag Rag: The Most Loathsome Publication in the English Language Charley Shively 97 The Kudzu: Birth and Death in Underground Mississippi David Doggett 121 The Wong Truth Conspiracy: A History of Madison Alternative Journalism Tim Wong 153 New Age: Worker Organizing from the Bottom Up Paul Krehbiel 189 Ain’t No Party Like the One We Got: The Young Lords Party and Palante Pablo “Yorúba” Guzmán 233 Let a Hundred Flowers Blossom, Let a Hundred Schools of Thought Contend: The Story of Hundred Flowers Ed Felien 255 The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance Ginny Z. Berson,with appendices by Ginny Z. Berson and Charlotte Bunch 269 At This End of the Oregon Trail: The Eugene AUGUR, 1969–1974 Peter Jensen 289 Karl and Groucho’s Marxist Dance: The Columbus Free Press and Its Predecessors in the Columbus Underground Steve Abbott 303 “Raising the Consciousness of the People”: The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service, 1967–1980 JoNina M. Abron 335 Both Sides Now Remembered: Or, The Once and Future Journal Elihu Edelson 369 It Aint Me Babe: From Feminist Radicals to Radical Feminists Bonnie Eisenberg, with help from Laura X, Trina Robbins, Starr Goode, and Alta, with appendices by Laura X and Trina Robbins 385 About the Authors 417 Index 421