first edition Newspaper
1969 · Berkeley
by Scherr, Max, editor, Spain Rodriguez, Bobby Seale, Sgt. Pepper, Phineas Israeli, Jim Nabors, Art Goldberg, Ysidro Macias, Rick Heide, Bob Avakian, Scott Newhall, et al.
Berkeley: Berkeley Barb, 1969. Newspaper. 24p., folded tabloid, illus., lightly and evenly toned, lightly edgeworn, else very good condition. The usual 1969 mix of Berkeley cops with tear gas, Oakland 7 trial, Presidio trials, Seale attempting to align the Panthers and the Third World Liberation Front, emergence of Red Dragon militants in SF's Chinatown, report by Bob Avakian (!) on the results of the Standard Oil strike in Richmond, lengthy interview with SF Chronicle editor Scott Newhall, and perhaps most notably a quarter-page Avalon Ballroom cartoon ad by Spain Rodriguez for upcoming Moby Grape concert. And plenty of short news reports, columns, sex ads, and the like. (Inventory #: 248297)