Going live May 1, 2020 during COVID-19 lockdown: A work-in-progress, this page of pamphlets, posters and newspapers are from my personal archive that were handed down to me by my mom who was involved in various movements in the 1960's/70's/80's, in particular in the prison movement. My parents were members of The People's Press in San Francisco, a tiny collective that put out movement literature. I am sharing this ephemera here since so much is still relevant and maybe helpful in understanding history and the longevity of struggles—change takes a long time! In order to respect copyrights and those original authors/editors who might need to make a living selling editions, I have uploaded low resolution or partial/excerpted files. Please share this respect. Each link below is a PDF of a pamphlet or chapbook made by community organizers and small presses. To the right are images of posters. I will keep scanning and uploading over time (thank you to intern Nicole Selew for doing the first batch.)
Message to the Black Movement From the Black Underground/BLA
Comrade George: An Investigation in the Real Story of His Assassination
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Scanlan's Jan 1971: Guerilla War in the US
Building a Rank and File Caucus, Black Panther Party
Detroit to Durban, Black Worker's Common Struggle
The Great Sit-Down Flint Strike
By the Government, for The Government, Against the People
Freedom on Our Terms: The Case Against Adult Authority
The New Urban Guerilla by Elmer Geronimo Pratt
From Women in Prison Here to Women in Viet Nam
To the Point of Production, Bay Area Radical Education Project
Inside Out, Prison Support Group
I am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities, Audre Lorde
The Political Economy of Heroin Distribution in the US
Notes on the Theory of Imperialism
Firearms and Self Defense: a Handbook for Radicals, Revolutionaries and Easy Riders (1970)