List of underground newspapers of the 1960s counterculture

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 1965–1972. This list includes periodically appearing papers of general countercultural interest printed in a newspaper format, and specific to a particular locale.

Belgium

• Real Free Press, Antwerp

Canada

Alberta

• Canada Goose, Edmonton

British Columbia

• The Georgia Straight, Vancouver

Manitoba

• The Lovin' Couch Press, Winnipeg

Ontario

• Harbinger, Toronto
• Octopus, Ottawa (later Ottawa's Free Press)

Quebec

• Pop-See-Cul, Montreal

France

• Actuel, Paris

India

• Hungry Generation weekly bulletins. Calcutta (1961-1965)
• Krittibas

Italy

• Fuori!
• Re Nudo
• Tampax

United Kingdom

• Black Dwarf
• Brighton Voice
• Friends (later Frendz)
• Gandalf's Garden
• Ink
• International Times (also IT)
• Oz

United States

Arizona

• Bandersnatch, Tempe, 1968–1969
• Butterfield Express, Tucson
• Druid Free Press, Tempe, 1969
• Gambit, Temple, 1968[1]
• Rebirth, Phoenix, 1969
• Resurrection, Tuscon, 1970[1]

California

• 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, California, 1969-1974
• Dock of the Bay, San Francisco
• Free Spaghetti Dinner, Santa Cruz
• From Out of Sherwood Forest, Newport Beach, California
• 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)
• 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
• SunDance, San Francisco, 1972
• Stockton Silver Hammer, Stockton
• Tuesday's Child, Los Angeles, 1969-1970

Colorado

• Aboveground, Colorado Springs, 1969-1970[1]
• Blue Screw, Aurora, 1973-1974[1]
• Chinook, Denver, 1969-1972
• El Gallo, Denver, 1967-1975[1]
• Mountain Free Press, Denver 1968-1970[1]

Connecticut

• Hartford's Other Voice, Hartford
• Storrs Weekly Reader, Storrs (1971-1973)[1]
• View from the Bottom, New Haven

Delaware

• Heterodoxical Voice, Newark

District of Columbia

• Washington Free Press
• Quicksilver Times, 1969-1972
• Colonial Times, 1971-1972[2]
• The Daily Rag, 1972 [3]

Florida

• Amazing Grace, Tallahassee
• Aquarian, Temple Terrace, 1969[1]
• Bay Area Free Press, Tampa, 1970[1]
• Both Sides Now, Jacksonville, 1969-1975[1]
• Daily Planet, Miami (formerly Miami Free Press)
• Fish Cheer, Pensacola
• Iconoclast, Pensacola, Florida, 1971–1974
• The Monocle, Tampa
• Ragweed, St. Petersburg

Georgia

• Albion's Grace, Savannah
• The Great Speckled Bird, Atlanta, 1968-1976

Illinois

• A Four Year Bummer, Champaign, 1969-1970[1]
• 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, Illinois, 1970-1973
• News from Nowhere, DeKalb
• Rising Up Angry, Chicago, 1969-1975
• Second City, Chicago
• The Walrus, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1968-1973[4]

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

Iowa

• Middle Earth, Iowa City, 1967-1968
• Pterodactyl, Grinnell

Kansas

• Alchemist, Manhattan, 1968-1969[1]
• Vortex, Lawrence

Kentucky

• Free Press of Louisville, Louisville

Louisiana

• NOLA Express, New Orleans
• In Arcane Logos, New Orleans, 1969
• The Ungarbled Word, New Orleans

Maine

• Portland Phoenix, Portland, Maine

Maryland

• Baltimore Free Press, Baltimore, 1968
• Harry, Baltimore, 1969-1970
• Dragon Seed, Baltimore, 1972

Massachusetts

• Avatar, Boston, 1967-1968
• Boston Free Press, Boston
• Boston Phoenix
• 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

Michigan

• Ann Arbor Argus, Ann Arbor, 1969-1971
• Ann Arbor Sun, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1971–1976[5]
• Fifth Estate, Detroit, 1965-present
• The Paper, East Lansing
• South End, East Lansing
• god mother and apple pie/Up Against the Wall Street Journal, Saginaw, 1969-1971

Minnesota

• The Freeway, Duluth, Minnesota, 1971
• Hundred Flowers, Minneapolis, 1970-1972
• Minneapolis Flag, Minneapolis, 1969

Mississippi

• Kudzu, Jackson, 1968-1972

Missouri

• Daily Flash, St. Louis (changed name to Xanadu)
• The Outlaw, St. Louis, 1970–1973
• The New Hard Times, (St. Louis, Missouri, 1968-1970

Montana

• Borrowed Times, Missoula

Nebraska

• Buffalo Chip, Omaha (started December 1967)
• Omaha Kaleidoscope, Omaha

Nevada

• Las Vegas Free Press, Las Vegas
• Love, Reno

New Jersey

• 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

• East Village Other, New York City, 1965–1972
• 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)^{[clarification needed]}
• Rat Subterranean News, New York City, 1968–1970 (later Women's LibeRATion)
• Space, Binghamton, New York 1972 (formerly Lost in Space)

North Carolina

• The Anvil, Durham, 1967–1983
• The Inquisition, Charlotte
• Protean Radish, Chapel Hill

Ohio

• The Big Us, Cleveland, 1968–1970 (changed name to Burning River News)
• Columbus Free Press, Columbus, 1969-present
• Cuyahoga Current, Cleveland, Ohio, 1972- [6]
• Independent Eye, Cincinnati
• New Age, Athens
• Queen City Express, Cincinnati
• Razzberry Radicle, Dayton
• Minority Report, Dayton
• Aquarius, 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, Oregon, 1968–1971

Pennsylvania

• 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
• Providence Phoenix

Tennessee

• Root, Memphis, 1969

Texas

• Dallas Notes, Dallas, 1967–1970 (originally Notes from the Underground)
• 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

• Windham Free Press, Putney

Virginia

• Alice: Blacksburg Free Press, Blacksburg
• Richmond Chronicle, Richmond

Washington

• Helix, Seattle, 1967–1970
• Northwest Passage, Bellingham, 1969–1986
• Sabot, Seattle, 1970–1971
• Spokane Natural, Spokane, 1967–1970

West Virginia

• Liberator, Morgantown, 1969-1971? (later Mountain Liberator)
• Buffalo Chips, Huntington, WV

Wisconsin

• Bugle-American, Milwaukee, 1970–1978
• The Caravan, Milwaukee, 1967–1971
• Connections, Madison, 1967–1969
• Counterpoint, Stevens Point
• Fox Valley Kaleidoscope, Oshkosh, 1970
• Kaleidoscope, Milwaukee, 1967–1971
• Madison Kaleidoscope, Madison
• Mega Middle Myth, Beloit, 1968
• Off the Pigs!, Madison, 1970's (affiliated with The People's Office)
• The People's Dreadnaught, Beloit
• What's Left, Milwaukee, 1970's

See also

• Counterculture of the 1960s
• Liberation News Service
• Underground Press Syndicate

References