1970 The Seed, Vol. 5, No. 10
By: Seed Publishing Co.
Date: 1969
Dimensions: 16.5 x 11.5 inches (41.9 x 29.2 cm)
The Seed, Vol. 5, No. 10. with a cover image showing Frankenstein wearing a cannabis leaf t shirt, holding an ape in one hand and leaning against the John Hancock center. This issue with a full page message to America from the Black Panther party, graphic spread on the Weather Underground, Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, and Angela Davis, Fabulous Freak Brothers cartoon from Gilbert Shelton, article on Frank Zappa et al.
The Chicago Seed was an underground newspaper that operated between 1967 and 1974 in Chicago. It was part of the countercultural press and focused on issues related to the anti-Vietnam War movement, civil rights, environmentalism, and the broader hippie and radical left movements.
The Seed was first published from the offices of the Community News Service, located at 950 West Wrightwood Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. As the paper grew in popularity, it moved to a few different locations, including spaces in Old Town and Lincoln Park neighborhoods, both of which were hubs for Chicago's counterculture during the 1960s and early 1970s.
These neighborhoods were home to activists, artists, and other members of the city's youth and political movements, making them a natural base for the underground newspaper's operations.
The paper featured a mix of political articles, artwork, and alternative culture content, often with a psychedelic aesthetic, reflecting the anti-establishment sentiments of the time. It was among the most important publications in the 1960s underground press movement, challenging mainstream media narratives and promoting progressive social change.
Condition: Good and stable overall with original folds, wear to edges and bumps to corners.
Inventory #92195
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