List of underground newspapers of the 1960s counterculture
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This is a partial list of the local underground newspapers launched during the Sixties era of the hippie/psychedelic/youth/counterculture/New Left/antiwar movements, approximately 1965–1973. This list includes periodically appearing papers of general countercultural interest printed in a newspaper format, and specific to a particular locale.
Australia
Sydney FTA, Sydney, 1970
Belgium
Amenophis, Brussels, 1965–1975
Real Free Press, Antwerp
Canada
Alberta
Canada Goose, Edmonton
British Columbia
The Georgia Straight, Vancouver
Manitoba
The Lovin' Couch Press, Winnipeg
Ǒmṕhalǒs, Winnipeg
Ontario
Harbinger, Toronto
Octopus, Ottawa (later Ottawa's Free Press)
Quebec
Pop-See-Cul, Montreal, 1967–1968
Mainmise, Montreal, 1970–1978
France
Actuel, Paris
Interluttes, Paris
India
Hungry Generation weekly bulletins, Calcutta (1961–1965)
Krittibas
Italy
Fuori!
Re Nudo
Tampax
United Kingdom
Back Street Bugle
Black Dwarf
Brighton Voice
Contact
Friends (later Frendz)
Gandalf's Garden
Ink
International Times (also IT)
Islington Gutter Press
Leeds Other Paper
Mole Express
Oz
United States
Alabama
Exponent, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1969–present
High gauge, Tuscaloosa
Rearguard, Mobile, 1971
Arizona
Bandersnatch, Tempe, 1968–1969
Butterfield Express, Tucson
Druid Free Press, Tempe, 1969
Gambit, Tempe, 1968
Rebirth, Phoenix, 1969
Resurrection, Tucson, 1970
California
Alto, Isla Vista, 1967–1969
Berkeley Barb, Berkeley, 1965–1980
Berkeley Tribe, Berkeley, 1969–1972 (split from the Berkeley Barb after staff went on strike)
The Black Panther, Oakland
Bullsheet, Pasadena, 1969–1974
Dock of the Bay, San Francisco
Free Spaghetti Dinner, Santa Cruz
From Out of Sherwood Forest, Newport Beach
Good Times, San Francisco, 1969–1972 (formerly San Francisco Express-Times)
Haight Ashbury Free Press, San Francisco
Haight Ashbury Tribune, San Francisco (at least 16 issues)
Illustrated Paper, Mendocino, 1966–1967
Leviathan, San Francisco, 1969–1970
Long Beach Free Press, Long Beach, 1969–1970
Los Angeles Free Press, Los Angeles, 1964–1978 (new series 2005–present)
Los Angeles Staff, Los Angeles (splintered from Los Angeles Free Press)
Los Angeles Underground, Los Angeles, first issue published April 1, 1967 by Al & Barbara (Dolores) Mitchell
Northcoast Ripsaw, Eureka
OB Rag, Ocean Beach, 1970–1975 (new series 2001–2003, blog 2007–present)
Open City, Los Angeles, 1967–1969
Oracle of Southern California, Los Angeles
The Organ, Fresno, 1968
The Organ, San Francisco, 1970–1971
Peninsula Observer, Palo Alto
The San Diego Door, San Diego, 1966–1970 (formerly Good Morning, Teaspoon)
San Diego Free Press, San Diego 1968–1970 (changed name to San Diego Street Journal)
San Francisco Express Times, San Francisco, 1968–1969 (changed name to Good Times)
San Francisco Oracle, San Francisco, 1966–1968
San Jose Maverick, San Jose
San Jose Red Eye, San Jose
Seventy-Nine Cent Spread, Carmel
Stockton Silver Hammer, Stockton
SunDance, San Francisco, 1972
Tuesday's Child, Los Angeles, 1969–1970
Colorado
Aboveground, Colorado Springs, 1969–1970
Blue Screw, Aurora, 1973–1974
Chinook, Denver, 1969–1972
El Gallo, Denver, 1967–1975
Mountain Free Press, Denver, 1968–1970
Connecticut
Hartford's Other Voice, Hartford
Storrs Weekly Reader, Storrs, 1971–1973
View from the Bottom, New Haven
Delaware
Heterodoxical Voice, Newark
District of Columbia
Colonial Times, 1971–1972
The Daily Rag, 1972
Quicksilver Times, 1969–1972
Washington Free Press
Florida
Amazing Grace, Tallahassee
Aquarian, Temple Terrace, 1969
Balaklava, Sarasota
Bay Area Free Press, Tampa, 1970
Both Sides Now, Jacksonville, 1969–1975
Daily Planet, Miami (formerly Miami Free Press)
Gulf Coast Fish Cheer, Pensacola
Iconoclast, Pensacola, Florida, 1971–1974
The Monocle, Tampa
Ragweed, St. Petersburg
Georgia
Albion's Voice, Savannah
The Great Speckled Bird, Atlanta, 1968–1976
Illinois
The Angry Voice, Greenville, 1969–1970
Big Muddy Gazette, Carbondale, 1969–1972
The Bridge, Chicago, 1967–1968
Chicago Seed, Chicago, 1967–1973
Chicago Kaleidoscope, Chicago
Curb: Dedicated to Curbing Armed Problem Solving and Solving People Problems, Elmhurst, 1970–1973
A Four Year Bummer, Champaign, 1969–1970
News from Nowhere, DeKalb
Rising Up Angry, Chicago, 1969–1975
Second City, Chicago
The Walrus, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1968–1973
"The Lincoln Park Press*", Chicago
Indiana
Bauls of the Brickyard, West Lafayette, 1969
Grinding Stone, Terre Haute
Indianapolis Free Press, Indianapolis, 1969–1970
The Only Alternative, Muncie, 1968–1971
The Spectator, Bloomington, 1966–1971
Iowa
Middle Earth, Iowa City, 1967–1968
Pterodactyl, Grinnell
Kansas
Alchemist, Manhattan, 1968–1969
Custer's Last Stand, Manhattan, 1971
Vortex, Lawrence
Kentucky
Blue-tail fly, Lexington
Callallo #20, Lexington
Free Press of Louisville, Louisville
Louisiana
In Arcane Logos, New Orleans, 1969
NOLA Express, New Orleans
The Ungarbled Word, New Orleans
Maryland
Baltimore Free Press, Baltimore, 1968
Dragon Seed, Baltimore, 1972
Harry, Baltimore, 1969–1970
The Pawn, Fort Detrick, 1969–1970
Massachusetts
Avatar, Boston, 1967–1968
Boston Free Press, Boston
Boston Phoenix
East Boston Community News, 1970-1989 Footnote links to Northeastern University Library's archive of all editions
The Free Press of Springfield, Springfield (became Common Sense in 1969)
Mother of Voices, Amherst
Old Mole, Cambridge
Thursday, Cambridge
Worcester Phoenix
Worcester Punch, Worcester
Zig zag, Montague
Michigan
Ann Arbor Argus, Ann Arbor, 1969–1971
Ann Arbor Sun, Ann Arbor, 1971–1976
Fifth Estate, Detroit, 1965–present
god mother and apple pie/Up Against the Wall Street Journal, Saginaw, 1969–1971
The Paper, East Lansing
South End, East Lansing
Minnesota
The Freeway, Duluth, 1971
Hundred Flowers, Minneapolis, 1970–1972
Minneapolis Flag, Minneapolis, 1969
Hair, Minneapolis, 1969-1970.
Mississippi
Creem, Birmingham
Kudzu, Jackson, 1968–1972
Missouri
Daily Flash, St. Louis (changed name to Xanadu)
The New Hard Times, (St. Louis, 1968–1970
The Outlaw, St. Louis, 1970–1973
Montana
Borrowed Times, Missoula, 1972–1980
Nebraska
Buffalo Chip, Omaha (started December 1967)
Omaha Kaleidoscope, Omaha
Nevada
Las Vegas Free Press, Las Vegas
Love, Reno
New Jersey
Abas, Newark, 1968–1969
All You Can Eat, New Brunswick, 1970–1973
New Mexico
Astral Projection, Albuquerque
Caliche County Rendering Works, Albuquerque, 1968–1970
The Fountain of Light, Taos, 1968–1970
The Hips Voice, Santa Fe
New York
Buffalo Insighter, Buffalo, 1967–1968
East Village Other, New York City, 1965–1972
Edge City, Syracuse, 1970–1971
New York Ace, New York City, 1971–1972
New York Avatar, New York City
New York Free Press, New York City
Other Scenes (dispatched from various locations around the world)
Rat Subterranean News, New York City, 1968–1970 (later Women's LibeRATion)
Space, Binghamton, 1972 (formerly Lost in Space)
North Carolina
The Anvil, Durham, 1967–1983
The Inquisition, Charlotte
Protean Radish, Chapel Hill
Ohio
Angry City Press, Cleveland, 1970
Aquarius, Dayton
The Big Us, Cleveland, 1968–1970 (changed name to Burning River News)
Columbus Free Press, Columbus, 1969–present
Cuyahoga Current, Cleveland, Ohio, 1972-
Great Swamp Erie Da Da Boom, Cleveland, 1970–1972
Hash, Warren, 1970–1972
Independent Eye, Cincinnati
New Age, Athens
Queen City Express, Cincinnati
Razzberry Radicle, Dayton
Minority Report, Dayton
Oklahoma
Home Cookin, Oklahoma City
Jones Family Grandchildren, Norman
Jones Family Grandchildren II, Stillwater
Osmosis, Tulsa, 1972
Oregon
Eugene Augur, Eugene, 1969–1972
Willamette Bridge, Portland, 1968–1971
Pennsylvania
Common Sense, Philadelphia, published by Philadelphia Resistance, 1969–1974
Distant Drummer, Philadelphia, 1970–1979 (changed name to The Drummer)
Philadelphia Free Press, Philadelphia, 1968–1972
Pittsburgh Fair Witness, Pittsburgh, 1970–1973 (changed name from Grok)
Plain Dealer, Philadelphia
Water Tunnel, State College
Yarrowstalks, Philadelphia
Rhode Island
Extra!, Providence
Tennessee
Root, Memphis, 1969
The Hinterlands, Knoxville, 1966
Texas
Dallas Notes, Dallas, 1967–1970 (originally Notes from the Underground)
The Eagle bone whistle, San Antonio
The Rag, Austin, 1966–1977
San Antonio Gazette, San Antonio, 1971–1975
Space City, Houston, 1969–1972 (originally Space City News)
Utah
Electric Newspaper, Salt Lake City, 1968 (at least 5 issues)
Utah Free Press, Salt Lake City, 1966–1969
Vermont
The first issue, Plainfield
Windham Free Press, Putney
Virginia
Alice: Blacksburg Free Press, Blacksburg
The Liberated Castle, Fort Belvoir, 1971
Richmond Chronicle, Richmond
Washington
Helix, Seattle, 1967–1970
Northwest Passage, Bellingham, 1969–1986
Sabot, Seattle, 1970–1971
Spokane Natural, Spokane, 1967–1970
The Avatar, Olympia, 1967-1969?
West Virginia
Buffalo Chips, Huntington
Liberator, Morgantown, 1969–1971?
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