Inventory of the Policital Newspapers Collection SPC.2009.006
Finding aid prepared by Erin Kurinsky
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Political Newspapers and Publications Collection
Creator:
Zweig, Martha
Creator:
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2009.006
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1942-1995; undated
Date (bulk): bulk 1969-1992
Abstract: This collection consists of approximately thirty alternative and underground newspaper and journal titles whose primary focus
is from an ethnic, leftist, socialist, or communist perspective. This collection also consists of other publications, leaflets,
flyers, clippings, and articles relating to topics such as the anti-war movement, the Black movement, the labor movement,
student movements, and other topics.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Most of this collection was donated by Martha Zweig in 2009. Other portions of the collection were collected by Archives and
Special Collections throughout the years 1990-2008.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Erin Kurinsky, 2010. Additional material that was acquired in 2020 was processed and added
to the collection in 2021 by Karen Clemons. Material was removed and ingested into other collections in 2023 (see revision
notes).
History
The collection consists of approximately 30 newspaper and journal titles, published between 1949 and 1994, though the majority
of the collection was published between 1969 and 1992. The newspapers all report from a leftist perspective and many of the
publications espouse a Communist ideology. Topics relating to many of the major movements of the late 20th Century are covered,
including the Anti-War Movement, the Black Movement, the Chicano Movement, the Feminist Movement, and student movements. As
many of the publications relate to Communist ideology, there is a great focus on labor issues and the plight of the working
class in the United States. These Communist publications largely report on issues in the United States, though they also report
on world happenings.
Scope and Content
The Political Newspaper and Publications collection (1942-1995; undated) consists of approximately 30 newspaper and publication
titles. Some journals report from a national perspective, while others focus on local news and politics. These journals all
focus on politics from a leftist point of view, and a large number of publications in the collection espouse a Marxist viewpoint.
The collection spans from the late 1940s through the early 1990s, though the majority of newspapers were published in the
late 1960s and 1970s. The majority of journal titles are represented by a single issue or a few issues. There is also a collection
of flyers, leaflets, and other publications a variety of topics including the Anti-War movement, the Black movement, the Labor
movement, student movements, and other topics.
Related Materials
For related material see the Chicano Publications [Kaye Briegel] Collection; Holt Labor Library; Los Angeles Free Press Collection;
Black Panther Newspapers; and Black Panther Publications and Related Articles.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chicano movement -- United States -- Newspapers
Communism -- United States -- Periodicals
Conspiracy theories -- United States -- Newspapers
Feminist theory -- United States -- Newspapers
Labor movement -- United States -- Newspapers
Labor unions -- United States -- Newspapers
Liberal perspectives
Marxist criticism -- United States -- Newspapers
Marxist-Leninist theory
Marxist pamphlets
Peace movements -- United States -- Newspapers
Philosophy, Marxist -- United States -- Newspapers
Student movements -- California -- Berkeley -- Newspapers
Student movements -- United States -- Newspapers
Underground newspapers -- United States
Underground press publications -- United States
Carter, Jimmy , 1924-
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne ), 1944-
Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
Reagan, Ronald
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976
Communist Party of the United States of America
Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)
Weather Underground Organization
Series I: Publications
1942-1995; undated
Scope and Contents
Series consists of approximately thirty different leftist newspaper and publication titles. Most newspapers are represented
by a single issue, but a few have multiple issues. This series is arranged alphabetically. See individual records for more
information about each publication.
box 1, folder 1
"The Abolitionist, A Publication of the Radical Libertarian Alliance" Vol. I, No. 6, 10, 11, 12; Vol. II, No. 5
August, December 1970; February, March, August 1971
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Libertarianism
New York (N.Y.)
box 2
"The Bear Truth" Vol. 1, No. 6; U.C. Berkeley
June 3, 1977
source: University of California, Berkeley
Subjects and Indexing Terms
College students
Student movements -- California -- Berkeley -- Newspapers
Student movements
Berkeley (Calif.)
Student newspapers and periodicals
University of California, Berkeley
box 2
"The Berkeley Citizen" published by the Berkeley Citizens Action
(two issues no year)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Social justice
Berkeley (Calif.)
Environmentalism
Housing
Elections -- California
Progressivism (United States politics)
box 2
"Berkeley Monitor", published bi-weekly by the Community for New Politics for the Berkeley Coalition
April 18, 1970
source: Community for New Politics
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Berkeley (Calif.)
Social justice
Equality
Peace movements
Underground newspapers -- United States
Community for New Politics
box 1, folder 2
"Counter Point, A Journal of Reasoned Dissent" published and financed by the Fordham Libertarian Alliance Vol. 2, No. 6
undated
source: Fordham Libertarian Alliance
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Libertarianism
Libertarians
New York (N.Y.)
College students
Student movements
Fordham Libertarian Alliance
box 2
"The Daily Californian", Vol. 190, No. 40
March 1966
source: University of California, Berkeley
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Student newspapers and periodicals
Student movements
Berkeley (Calif.)
University of California, Berkeley
box 2
"Daily World", Vol. II, No. 64, 89, 111, 193, 226
October-December 1969; April-May 1970
Biographical / Historical
"Daily World" published by Long View Publishing Co. Inc. (New York, NY) traces its journalistic lineage to the "Ohio Socialist",
"The Toiler", "The Worker", and "The Daily Worker".
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Socialism
Communism
New York (N.Y.)
box 2
"Deadline" a weekly publication of the summer program for minority journalists at the School of Journalism, University of
California at Berkeley
August 5, 1977
source: University of California, Berkeley
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Student movements
Minorities
Student newspapers and periodicals
College students
University of California, Berkeley
box 2
"Direct Action" #16
Summer Solstice 1984
source: Livermore Action Group
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Antinuclear movement
Social justice
Peace movements
Berkeley (Calif.)
Livermore Action Group
box 1, folder 3
"Eastern Horizon", Vol. XVI, No. 3
March 1977
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hong Kong (China)
China
Communism
box 2
"Ecology Center Newsletter" Vol. X, No. 4
April 1980
source: Ecology Center (Berkeley, Calif.)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Berkeley (Calif.)
Environmental issues
Environmentalism
Nonprofit organizations
Ecology Center (Berkeley, Calif.)
box 2
"Express" The East Bay's Free Weekly Vol. 18, No. 10
December 15, 1995
Subjects and Indexing Terms
East Bay (Calif.)
Berkeley (Calif.)
box 1, folder 4
"Farm Workers World", Vol. II, No. II
February-July 1970
source: Long Island Farm Workers Service Center
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nonprofit organizations
Agricultural laborers
New York (State)
Social justice
Long Island Farm Workers Service Center
box 2
"For the People's Health, Newspaper for Patients and Health Workers" Vol. 2, No. 1
February 1971
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Health
Medical personnel
New York (N.Y.)
Equality
Social justice
box 1, folder 5
"Hard Times" (formerly MAYDAY) No. 35, 37, 39, 41, 49, 51, 55, 58, 60, 65, 68, 73, 74, 78, 80, 85, 86, 87
June 1969-September 1970
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Washington (D.C.)
Draft
Peace movements
Social justice
box 2
"Harbinger", Vol. III, No. 7
June 1970
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Toronto (Ont.)
Underground newspapers
box 2
"Indian Head" Vol. 1, No. 2
July 21, 1967
box 2
"International Community News", Vol. 2, No. 20
October 1954
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Seattle (Wash.)
box 2
"Kaleidoscope", Vol. II, No. 22
October 1942
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Underground newspapers -- United States
Milwaukee (Wis.)
box 2
"LA" No. 18
November 1972
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Newspapers
box 1, folder 6
"Layoff Revue", No. 1 "Murphy and Joe Take On the Big Business Empire"
May 1972
source: Anti-Imperialist Collective (Cambridge, Mass.)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cambridge (Mass.)
Social movements -- United States
Labor unions
Anti-Imperialist Collective (Cambridge, Mass.)
box 1, folder 7
"The Libertarian Forum", Vol. 1, No. III, V, VI, X, XIII, XVII, XVIII; Vol. 2, No. 3, 5, 6, 7, 10
May 1969-May 1970
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Libertarianism
New York (N.Y.)
Libertarians
box 2
Livermore Action Group
circa October 1982
source: Livermore Action Group
Biographical / Historical
The goal of the Livermore Action Group was to further the cause of global nuclear disarmament, the de-militarization of American
society, and redirect economic priorties to provide a more equitable distribution of wealth and resources at home and abroad.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Berkeley (Calif.)
Antinuclear movement
Peace movements
Livermore Action Group
box 2
"Los Angeles Vanguard" No. 18
July-August [no year]
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Newspapers
Social justice
Equality
box 2
"The Match", Vol. 1, No. 6
July 1969
source: Student Libertarian Action Movement
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Student movements
Libertarians
Libertarianism
Tucson (Ariz.)
Student Libertarian Action Movement
box 1, folder 8
"Midnight Special" Vol. 4, No. 2
February 1974
source: National Lawyers Guild. New York City Chapter
Biographical / Historical
"Midnight Special" is published with the aim of providing news of the situation within the prisons from 'the prisoners' point
of view and disseminating legal information which will be a direct help in securing and expanding priosner rights.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
New York (N.Y.)
Social justice
Progressivism (United States politics)
Activism
National Lawyers Guild. New York City Chapter
box 2
"Movement" published by the Movement Press. Vol. 2, No. 3; Vol. 4, No. 5, 7; Vol. 5, No. 7-12; Vol. 6, No. 1
March 1966; June, August 1968; August 1969-March 1970
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Social justice
Activism
San Francisco (Calif.)
box 1, folder 9
"New China", Vol. 2, No. 1, 2
June, September 1976
source: U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association
Subjects and Indexing Terms
China
China -- Politics and government
Political culture -- China
U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association
box 1, folder 10
"Processed World", a project of the Bay Area Center for Art & Technology (BACAT) Issue 29, 31, 32
Summer/Fall 1992; Summer/Fall 1993; Winter/Spring 1993,1994
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poetry
Artists
Essays
San Francisco (Calif.)
box 2
"Red Balloon", #6, 14, [three unnumbered issues]
Summer 1972; June 1978; undated
source: Red Balloon Collective
source: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Student movements
Student newspapers and periodicals
New York (State)
Red Balloon Collective
State University of New York at Stony Brook
box 2
"Red Sky Blue" No. 1
March 1970
box 2
"Shakedown", written and published by a group of Fort Dix GI's. Vol. 1, No. 8; Vol. 2, No. 2
September 1969; April 1970
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Journalism, Military
United States Army
box 2
"The Sun Reporter" Vol. XX, No. 45
November 17, 1962
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African American newspapers
Civil rights
Social justice
Anti-racism
Segregation
San Francisco (Calif.)
box 1, folder 19
"Osawatomie" Summer 1975 No. 2; Autumn 1975, No. 3; Winter 1975-1976, No. 4; Vol. 2, No. 1, 2. Weather Underground Organization
1974-1976; circa 1977; undated
Scope and Contents
This file also includes other material generated by the Weather Underground: "Prairie Fire, The Politics of Revolutionary
Anti-Imperialism"; "The Weather Eye, Communiques from the Weather Underground"; "Politics in Command" by Celia Sojourn and
Billy Ayers; "The Split of the Weather Underground Organization, Struggling Against White and Male Supremacy" compiled and
edited by John Brown Book Club.
box 2
"UHURU" Vol. 2, No. 2
[1969]
box 2
World Magazine
July, October 1969; February-March, October 1970
Physical Description: 11 items
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Social movements -- United States
Social justice
Activism
Peace movements
Series II: Newsletters, Pamphlets, Clippings, and other documents
1974-1976; circa 1970s; undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains newsletters, pamphlets, clippings, articles, and other documents related to various topics such as: the
Black movement, the Labor Movement, Libertarianism, Anti-War Movement, the Chinese revolution, student movements, and other
topics. This series is arranged alphabetically by title. See individual records for more information about the material.
box 1, folder 14
"The Anatomy of the State" by Murray N. Rothbard
undated
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Libertarianism
Libertarians
Anarcho-capitalism
box 1, folder 15
"Are Puerto Ricans a 'National Minority'?" by James Blaut
undated
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Marxism
box 1, folder 12
"Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female" by Frances Beal, SNCC Black Women's Liberation Committee
undated
source: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Washington (D.C.)
African Americans -- Civil rights
Women's rights
Social justice
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
box 1, folder 16
"Fighting North and South" Foreign Language Press
1972
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Communism
People's Liberation Army (China)
"Guardian" supplement on South Korean Revolutionary Party for Unification (RPU)
March 1970
box 1, folder 13
Labor Unions
1974-1976; undated
Urban Planning Aid, Inc. "How to Look at Your Workplace" [booklet]
1976
Cornell New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations "How to Get What You Want Through Your Union" [flyer]
January 1974
"Solidarity Forever" Words by Ralph Chaplin, Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic (song lyrics)
undated
"Is it Worth it to Join a Union?" Excerpt from "What's Happening to Our Jobs?" A pamphlet published by Popular Economics Press,
reproduced by Vermont Alliance Workers Rights Project
undated
"Addendum to Position Paper on Multinational Work"
undated
"A 'Straight' Job" essay reprinted from Quicksliver Times
undated
"A Note of Appreciation from the Rich" [article, with handwritten notes]
undated
"Where It's At, a Research Guide for Community Organizing"
undated
box 1, folder 14
"A Libertarian Analysis: War, Peace and the State" by Murray N. Rothbard
undated
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Libertarianism
Libertarians
Anarcho-capitalism
box 1, folder 12
"Malcom's Legacy" [pamphlet]
undated
source: Young Communist League of the U.S.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African Americans -- Civil rights
Young Communist League of the U.S.
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965
box 1, folder 12
"Message to The Black Movement, A Political Statement from the Black Underground" Coordinating Committee: The Black Liberation
Army
undated
source: Black Liberation Army
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African Americans -- Civil rights
Social justice
Activism
Black Liberation Army
box 1, folder 15
"Notes on Cardenal" [leaflet]
circa early 1970s
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poetry
box 1, folder 11
"Practice and Politics of U.S.-China Friendship, Some Experiences from the Motor City", US-China Peoples Friendship Association
of Detroit
1976
source: U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Detroit (Mich.)
U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association
box 1, folder 14
"Ripoffs- Believe it or Not!" [flyer]
undated
box 1, folder 12
"Roots" - Which Class Does it Serve? a series of articles from "The Call" newspaper of the October League [article, damaged
with portions missing]
undated
source: October League (M-L)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Marxist-Leninist theory
African Americans -- History
Slavery -- United States -- History
October League (M-L)
Communist Party of the United States of America
box 1, folder 18
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
1977; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes essays; flyers; pamphlets; and reunion papers
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Socialism
Student movements
Activism
Peace movements
box 1, folder 17
Student Liberation Action Movement (SLAM) pamphlet
undated
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Libertarianism
Libertarians
Tucson (Ariz.)
box 1, folder 17
"Tactical Squads for Police Confrontation"
undated
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Protest movements
box 1, folder 16
"Towards the Development of a Class Theory of Welfare.... A Working Paper for Welfare MDS" by Michael Padwee
circa 1969
source: Movement for a Democratic Society
Subjects and Indexing Terms
New York (N.Y.)
Movement for a Democratic Society
box 1, folder 15
"The Trial of Juan Farinas" Juan Farinas Defense Committee [pamphlet]
undated
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Peace movements
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
box 1, folder 12
Youth Against War and Fascism [flyers]
undated
Scope and Contents
"Defend SNCC Against Racist Attack, Free Stokely Carmichael" demonstration (1966); "Show Solidarity with Our Black Brothers
Protest Brutal Suppression of Black People in Newark" memorial rally (July 1967); "Undeclared War Abroad Undeclared War on
the Home Front" (undated)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Protest movements
New York (N.Y.)
African Americans -- Civil rights
Racism
