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Awesome as always. Thanks!
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So where does the Liberation News Service fit into this? It too linked up underground newspapers, though it didn’t last as long. I’m suddenly curious about why there were two groups in at least somewhat competition.
One thong, that list of founding papers for UPS seemed a bit more succesful than some. But maybe that’s in hindsight. There were lotd that were very low budget and didn’t get much recognition beyond their local territory.
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Thank you, ChuckV!
Hi Michael - Thanks for this good question - I regret Scott and I have limited the comic to material on John’s side of things, which is UPS and not LNS specific.
I can recommend a good book, though: “Smoking Typewriters”, by John McMillian. It focuses a large part on Liberation News. Your question is probably answered there - It’s a great resource for the whole era, too.
Yeah, UPS, to my understanding, was much more far-reaching than LNS, and I believe it was first, too. (LNS, 1967, UPS, 1966)
Here’s Abbie Hoffman’s list of UPS papers from “Steal This Book”, from the UPS peak in 1971. This list scrolls:
• ALBION'S VOICE, Box 9033, Savannah, Ga. 31401 $4/yr.
• AMAZING GRACE, 212 W. College Ave. Tallahassee, Fla. $6/26 issues.
• ANGRY CITY PRESS, 14016 Orinoco Ave., E. Cleveland, Ohio 44112
• ANN ARBOR ARGUS, 708 Arch St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104 $3/yr.
• AQUARIAN ORACLE, 8003 Santa Monica Blvd., L.A., Calif. .50/iss.
• AQUARIAN TIMES, 331 Forest Acres Shipping Ctr., Easley, S.C. 29640
• AQUARIAN WEEKLY, 292 Main St., Hackensack, N.J.
• ASTRAL PROJECTION, Box 4383, Albuquerque, N. Mex. 87106
• AUGUR, 207 Ransom Bldg., 115 E. 11th Ave., Eugene, Ore. 97401
• BARD OBSERVER, Box 76, Bard College, Annandale-on-the Hudson, N.Y. 12504
• BERKELEY BARB, Box 1247, Berkeley, Calif. 94715 $6/yr.
• BERKELEY TRIBE, Box 9049, Berkeley, Calif. 94709 $8/
• BOTH SIDES NOW, 10370 St. Augustine Rd., Jacksonville, Fla. 32217 $2/12 iss.
• BROADSIDE/FREE PRESS, Box 65, Cambridge, Mass. 02139 $4.50/yr.
• BURNING RIVER NEWS, 12027 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44112 $5/yr.
• CHINOOK, 1452 Pennsylvania St., Denver, Col., 80203 $6/50 iss.
• THE CLAM COMMUNITY LIBERATOR, Box 13101, St. Petersburg, Fla. 33733
• COME OUT, Box 92, Village Station, New York, N.Y. 10014, $6.50/12 iss.
• COUNTRY SENSES, Box 465, Woodbury, Conn. 06798 $5/yr.
• CREEM, 3729 Cass Ave., Detroit, Mich. 48201 $5/24 iss.
• DAILEY PLANET, Suite 2-3514 S. Dixie Hwy., Coconut Grove, Fla. 33133 $5/yr.
• DALLAS NOTES, Box 7140, Dallas, Texas 75209 $5/yr.
• DIFFERENT DRUMMER, Box 2638, Little Rock, Ark. 72203 $2/14 iss.
• DISTANT DRUMMER, 420 South St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19147 $7/yr.
• DOOR TO LIBERATION, Box 2022, San Diego, Calif. 92112 $4/26 iss.
• DWARFF, Box 26, Village Station, N.Y., N.Y. 10014
• EAST VILLAGE OTHER, 20 E. 12 St., N.Y., N.Y. 10003 $6/yr.
• EL GRITO DEL NORTE, Box 466, Fairview Station, Espanola, N.M. $4/yr.
• EYE OF THE BEAST, Box 9218, Tampa, Fla. 33604
• FERAFERIA, Box 691, Altadena, Calif. 91001 $4/13 iss.
• FIFTH ESTATE, 1107 W. Warren, Detroit, Mich. 48201 $3.75/yr.
• FILMMAKERS NEWSLETTER, 80 Wooster St., N.Y., N.Y. 10012
• FREEDOM NEWS, Box 1087, Richmond, Calif. 94801 $2.50/12 iss.
• FREE SPAGHETTI DINNER, Box 984, Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060 $4/yr.
• FREE YOU, 117 University Ave., Palo Alto, Calif. 94301 $6/yr.
• FUSION, 909 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 02215 $5/yr.
• GEST, Box 1079, Northland Center, Southfield, Mich. 48075 $2/yr.
• GREAT SPECKLED BIRD, Box 54495, Atlanta, Ga. 30308 $6/yr.
• GREENFEEL, Jms Madison Law Inst., 4 Patchin Pl., N.Y., N.Y. 10011
• GUARDIAN, 32 W. 22 St., N.Y. N.Y. 10010
• HAIGHT-ASHBURY TRIBUNE, 1778 Haight St., San Francisco, Calif. 94117 $10/yr.
• HARRY, 233 East 25th St., Baltimore, Md., 21218 $4/yr.
• INDIANAPOLIS FREE PRESS, Box 225, Indianapolis, Ind. 46206 $5/26 iss.
• INQUISITION, Box 3882, Charlotte, N.C. 28203 $2/6 iss.
• KALEIDOSCOPE, Box 5457, Milwaukee, Wisc. 53211 $5/26 iss.
• KUDZU, Box 22502, Jackson, Miss. 39205 $4/yr.
• LAS VEGAS FREE PRESS, Box 14096, Las Vegas, Nev. 89114 $7/yr.
• LEFT FACE, Box 1595, Anniston, Ala. 36201
• LIBERATION, 339 Lafayette St., N.Y. 10012
• LIBERATION NEWS SERVICE, 160 Claremont Ave., N.Y. 10027 $15/mth.
• LIBERATOR, Box 1147, Morgantown, W. Virginia 26505
• LONGBEACH FREE PRESS, 1255 E. 10, Long Beach, Ca. 90813 $6/25 iss.
• LOS ANGELES FREE PRESS, 7813 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca. 90036 $6/yr.
• MADISON KALEIDOSCOPE, Box 881, Madison, Wisc. 53701 $5/yr.
• MARIJUANA REVIEW, Calif. Instit. of Arts, 7500 Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, Calif. 91504
• MEMPHIS ROOT, Box 4747, Memphis, Tenn. 38104 $3.50/yr.
• METRO, 906 W. Forest, Detroit, Mich. 48202 $4/yr.
• MODERN UTOPIAN, P.0. Drawer A; Diamond Hts. Sta., S.F., Ca. 94131 $4/yr.
• MOTHER EARTH NEWS, Box 38 Madison, Ohio 44057 $5/yr
• NEWS FROM NOWHERE, Box 501, Dekalb, Ill. 60115 $5/yr.
• NEW PRAIRIE PRIMER, Box 726, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613 $4/20 iss.
• NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 110 St. Marks Place, N.Y. $5/lifetime
• NOLA EXPRESS, Box 2342, New Orleans, La. 70116 $3/yr.
• NORTH CAROLINA ANVIL, Box 1148, Durham, N.C. 27702 $7.50/yr.
• NORTHWEST PASSAGE, Box 105, Fairhaven Sta., Bellingham, Wash. 98225 $5/yr.
• OLD MOLE, 2 Brookline St., Cambridge, Mass. 02139 $5/20 iss.
• ORACLE OF SAN FRANCISCO, 1764 Haight St., San Francisco, Ca. 94117
• OTHER SCENES, Box B, Village Station, N.Y. 10014 $6/yr.
• OTHER VOICE, c/o Why Not Inc., Box 3175, Shreveport, La. 71103 $5/yr.
• PAPER WORKSHOP, 6 Helena Ave., Larchmont, N.Y. 10538 $4/yr.
• PEOPLES DREADNAUGHT, Box 1071, Beloit, Wisc.
• PHILADELPHIA FREE PRESS, Box 1986, Philadelphia, Pa. 19105
• PROTEAN RADISH, Box 202, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514 $8/yr.
• PROVINCIAL PRESS, Madala Print Shop, Box 1276, Spokane, Wash. 99210 $5/yr.
• QUICKSILVER TIMES, 1736 R St., N.W. Wash., D.C. 20009 $8/yr.
• RAG, 2330 Guadalupe, Austin, Tex. 78705 $7.50/yr.
• RAT, 241 E. 14 St., N.Y. 10009 $6/yr.
• REBIRTH, Box 729, Phoenix, Ariz. 85001
• RISING UP ANGRY, Box 3746, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Ill. 60654 $5/yr.
• ROOSEVELT TORCH, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60605
• SAN DIEGO STREET JOURNAL, Box 1332, San Diego, Calif. 92112
• SECOND CITY, c/o The Guild, 2136 N. Halsted, Chicago, Ill. 60614 $6/26 iss.
• SECOND COMING, Box 491 Ypsilanti, Mich. 48197
• SEED, 950 W. Wrightwood, Chicago, Ill. 60614 $6/yr.
• SPACE CITY, 1217 Wichita, Houston, Tex. 77004
• SPECTATOR, c/o S. Indiana Media Corp., Box 1216, Bloomington, Ind. 47401
• SUNDANCE, 1520 Hill, Ann Arbor, mich. 48104 $3.50/yr.
• UPROAR, 44 Wimbleton Lane, Great Neck, N.Y. 11023
• VIEW FROM THE BOTTOM, 632 State St., New Haven, Conn. 06510 $5/20 iss.
• VORTEX, 706 Mass St., Lawrence, Kansas 66044 $5/24 iss.
• WALRUS, Box 2307, Sta. A, Champaign, Ill. 61820
• WATER TUNNEL, Box 136, State College, Pa. 16801 $3/Yr.
• WILLIAMETTE BRIDGE, 6 SW 6th, Portland, Ore. 97209 $5/26 iss.
• WIN, 339 Lafayette St., N.Y. 10012 $5/yr.
• WORKER'S POWER, 14131 Woodward Ave., Highland Park, Mich. 48203 $3.50/yr. USA/UPS ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
• AKWESASNE NOTES, Roosevelton, N.Y. 13683 .50/iss.
• ALESTLE, c/o Paul Gorden, 7404 Tower Lake, Apt. 1D, Edwardsville, Ill. 62025
• ALLIANCE MAGAZINE, Box 229, Athens, Ohio 45701
• ALL YOU CAN EAT, R.P.O. 4949, New Brunswick, N.J. 08903 $3/yr.
• ALLTOGETHER, 44208 Montgomery-33 Palm Desert, Calif. $10/yr.
• ALBION'S VOICE, P.0. Box 9033, Savannah, Ga. 31401 $4/yr.
• AQUARIAN HERALD, Box 83, Virginia Beach, Va. 23458
• ATLANTIS, 204 Oxford, Dayton, Ohio
• BOTH SIDES NOW, 10370 St. Augustine Rd., Jacksonville, Fla. 33217 $3.50/12 iss.
• COLLECTIVE, 614 Clark St., Evanston, Ill. 60201
• COME TOGETHER, P.O. Box 163, Encino, Calif. 91316
• CROSSROADS, Hill School, Pottstown, Pa. 19464
• DALLAS NEWS (CORP), P.0. Box 7013, Dallas, Texas 75209 $/24 iss.
• THE D.C. GAZETTE, 109 8th N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002 $5/yr.
• EDGE CITY, 116 Standart St., Syracuse, N.Y. 13201 $3/yr.
• EVERYWOMAN, 6516 W. 83 St., Los Angeles, Calif. 90045 $2.50/iss.
• FAIR WITNESS, P.0. Box 7165, 0akland Sta., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213
• FOX VALLEY KALEIDOSCOPE, Box 252, Oshkosh, Wisc. 54901
• FREE PRESS OF LOUISVILLE, 1438 S. First St., Louisville, Ky. 40208 $6/yr.
• HIGH GAUGE, Box 4491, University, Ala. 35486 $5/Yr.
• THE HIPS VOICE, P.O. Box 5132, Santa Fe, N. Mexico 87501 $5/24 iss.
• HOME NEWS CO., P.O. Box 5263, Grand Central Station, N.Y. 10017
• HUNDRED FLOWERS, Box 7152, Minneapolis, Minn. 55407 $9/yr.
• IT AIN'T ME BABE, c/o W.L. Office Box 6323, Albany, Calif. 94706 $6/yr.
• LIBERATED GUARDIAN, 14 Cooper Sq., New York, N.Y. 10003 $10/yr.
• THE LONG ISLAND FREE PRESS, P.O. Box 162, Westbury, N.Y. 11590 $6/2 yr.
• NEW TIMES, Box J, Temple, Ariz. 85281 $10/52 iss.
• NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND, P.O. Box 15081, San Francisco, Calif. 94115
• OUR TOWN (COLLECTIVE), Box 611, Eau Claire, Wisc.
• PALANTE YLP, 1678 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y.
• PROTOS, 1110 N. Edgemont St., Los Angeles, Calif. 90029 $3/yr.
• PURPLE BERRIES, 449 West Seventh Ave., Columbus Ohio
• REARGUARD, P.O. Box 8115, Mobile, Ala. 36608 $4/yr.
• THE S.S. PENTANGLE, Box 4429, New Orleans, La. 70118 $4/20 iss.
• ST. LOUIS OUTLAW, Box 9501, Cabanne Sta., St. Louis, Mo. 63161
• SUSQUEHANNA BUGLER, 700 Market St., Williamsport, Pa. 17701 .25/iss.
• TASTY COMIX, Box 21101, Wash., D.C. 20009
• THE TIMES NOW, Box 676, Coconut Grove, Fla. 33133
• TUSCON FREE PRESS, Box 3403, College Sta., Tuscon, Ariz. 85716 CANADA/UPS
• ALTERNATE SOCIETY, 10 Thomas St., St. Catharines, Ont. $3.50/12 iss.
• CARILLON, Univ. of Sask. Regina Campus, Regina, Saskatchewan
• CHEVRON, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario $8/yr.
• DIME BAG, 3592 University St., Montreal 130, Que.
• FOURTH ESTATE, 24 Brighton Ct., Fredericton, N.B.
• GEORGIA STRAIGHT, 56A Powell St., Vancouver, 4, B.C. $9/52 iss.
• HARBINGER, Box 751, Stn F, Toronto 285, Ontario $4/26 iss.
• OCTOPUS, Box 1259, Station B, Ottawa, 4 $4.50/26 iss.
• OMPHALOS, 279_ Fort St. No. 4, Winnipeg 1, Manitoba $5/26 iss.
• PRAIRIE FIRE; FOURTH ESTATE, Regina Community Media Project, 210 Northern Crown Bldg. Regina, Sask.
• SWEENEY, 119 Thomas St., Oakville, Ontario $2.50/12 iss. EUROPE/UPS
• Europe/UPS, Box 304, 8025, Zurich, Switzerland
• FIFTH COLUMN, 100 New Cavendish Street, London W1, England
• FRIENDS, 305 Portobello Rd., London W10, England
• HAPT, Flat L, 42 Moore Ave., W. Howe, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England
• HOLLAND HAPT, Keigersstraat 2a, Amsterdam, Holland
• HOTCHAI, Postfach 304-CH 8025, Zurich 25, Switz. $5/yr.
• INTERNATIONAL TIMES, 27 Endell St., London, WC2, Eng. $5/yr.
• KARGADOOR, Oude Gracht 36 bis. Utrecht, Holland
• OEUF, 14 Ch de la Mogeonne, 1293 Bellevue, Geneva Switzerland
• OM, Kaizerstraat 2A, 11et, Amsterdam, Holland, Neth.
• OPS VEDA, 16 Woodholm Rd., Sheffield 11, England
• OZ, 52 Princedale Rd., London W11, England $6/yr.
• PEACE NEWS, 5 Celedonian Rd., Kings Cross, London W1, Eng. $8.50/yr.
• PIANETA FRESCA, 14 Vie Manzoni, Milano, Italy 20121 $1/iss.
• QUINTO LICEO, c/o Tommsaco Bruccoleri, 3, Meadow Place, London, England
• REAL FREE PRESS, Runstraat 31, Amsterdam, Netherlands $1/2 iss.
• RED MOLE, 182 Pentonville Rd., London N1 Eng. $5.50/yr.
• ROTTEN, Huset, Readhusstraede 13, 1466 Copenhagen K. Denmark EUROPEAN ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
• CYCLOPS, 32. St. Petersburg Place, London, W2, Eng. (Comix)
• GRASS EYE, 71 Osbourne Rd., Levenshulme, Manchester 19, Eng.
• MOLE EXPRESS, 19 New Brown St., Manchester 4, Eng.
• PANGGG, Upn-Sippenpresse, d-8500, Nurnberg Kopernikusstr. 4, Germany
• PARIA, c/o Poretti Viavalle Maggia 41, 6600 Locarno, Switz.
• ZIGZAG, Yeoman Cottage, N. Marston, Bucks, England LATIN AMERICA/UPS
• ECO CONTEMPORANEO, C. Correo Central 1933, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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One additional item:
Letter from The Rag’s Thorne Dreyer (Austin TX) on joining the UPS (addressed to its current roster of seven papers)
October 5, 1966
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