Features a thorough update on the trial of Black Panther Party members Lumumba Shakur, Kinshasa (William King), and Victor Martinez, arrested during the 1970 NYC prison riots. Also includes a report on the Flower CIty Conspiracy trial, a review of George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass, an artist’s manifesto by Alex Gross, a “Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers” comic by Gilbert Shelton, a story on “Queer Identity” by Ralph Hall, and more.

From our 2016 exhibition Realize Your Desires, of which this work was a part: “Following the landmark Supreme Court decision of 1966 which allowed a more tolerant legal climate for publishers, the ‘Underground Press’ emerged as a site for radical commentary and critique in the US, progressing a number of social movements and shifting the cultural landscape at large. Usually published as weeklies – often in large editions – these publications provided a vibrant space for revolutionary ideas which played out on all fronts of politics and culture, addressing head-on a host of issues including the anti-war movement, black power movement, women’s liberation, gay rights, sexual liberation, and drug culture.”