G.I. PAPERS
A heavier scene than even the high schools exists in No-No Land of the military.
None-the-less, against incredible odds, courageous G.I.’s both here and overseas have managed to put out a number of underground newspapers. If you are a G.I. interested in starting a paper, the first thing to do is seek out a few buddies who share your views on the military and arrange a meeting, preferably off the base. Once you have your group together, getting the paper published will be no problem. Keeping your staff secret, you can have one member contact with someone from a G.I. coffee house, anti-war organization or nearby underground newspaper. This civilian contact person will be in a position to raise the bread and arrange the printing and distribution of the paper. You can write one of the national G.I. newspaper organizations listed at the end of this section if you are unable to find help locally. The paper should be printed off the base. Government equipment should be avoided.
Correspondence and subscriptions can be solicited through the use of a post office box. Such a box is inexpensive and secret (at least that’s what the G.I. papers now publishing report) from military snoopers up tight about bad publicity if they get caught spying. If you are mailing the paper to other G.I.’s use first class mail and a plain envelope. This is advice to anybody sending stuff to a G.I.
The mail is handled by “lifers” who will report troublemakers to their C.O. (Commanding Officer) if they notice anti-war slogans on envelopes or dirty commie rags coming their way.
You’ll want to publish stuff relevant to the lives of the G.I.’s on your base. News of demonstrations, articles on the war, racism, counter-culture and vital info on how to bug the higher-ups and get out of the military service are all good. Get samples of other newspapers already in operation to get the flavor of writing that has become popular.
Distributing the paper is really more of a problem than the publishing. Here you run smack into Catch 22, which says, “no printed matter may be distributed on a military base without prior written permission of the commanding officer.” No such permit has been granted in military history. A few court battles have had limited success and you should go through the formality of obtaining a permit.
Send the first issue of the paper to your C.O. with a cover letter stating where and when you intend to distribute the paper on the base. In no part of the application should you list your names. Have a civilian, preferably a civil liberties lawyer, sign the declaration of intent. If more info is requested, go over it with the lawyer before responding, Natch, they’re going to want to know who you are and where you get your bread, but fuck ’em. Whether or not you get a permit or have a successful court battle is pretty academic. If the military pigs catch you handing out an underground paper on the base, you’re headed for trouble. Use civilian volunteers from your local peace group in as many public roles as possible. They’ll be glad to help out.
Print and distribute as many copies as you can rather than concentrating on an expensively printed paper with numerous pages. The very existence of the paper around the base is the most important info the paper can offer. Leave some in mess halls, theaters, benches, washrooms, and other suitable spots. Off base get the paper to sympathetic reporters, coffee houses, colleges and the like.
Outside U.S.O. centers and bus terminals are a good place to get the paper out.
Rely on donations, so you can make the paper free. Get it together. Demand the right to join the army of your choice. The People’s Army! As Joe Hill said in one of his songs, “Yes, I’ll pick up a gun but I won’t guarantee which way I’ll point it.”
NEWS SERVICES
Aside from UPS, which is the association of papers, there are five news services that we know of that you might be interested in subscribing to for national stories, photos, production ideas, news of other papers and general movement dope.
LNS is the best known. It sends out packets once a week that include about thirty pages with original articles, eye-witness reports, reprints from foreign papers and photographs. They tend to be heavily political rather than cultural and view themselves as molders of ideology rather than strictly a service organization of the underground papers. A subscription costs $15.00 per month, but if you’re just starting out they are good about slow payments and such.
You should get in the habit of sending special articles, in particular eye-witness accounts of events that other papers might use, to one or more of the news services for distribution. If you hear of an important event that you would like to cover in your newspaper, call the paper in that area for a quick report. They might send you photos if you agree to reciprocate.
• LIBERATION NEWS SERVICE-160 Claremont Ave., New York, N.Y. 10027 (212) 749-2200
• COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE-1779 Church St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 387-7575
• CHICANO PRESS ASSOCIATION-La Raza, Box 31004, Los Angeles, California 90031
• G.I. PRESS SERVICE-Rm 907, 1029 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20005
• FREE RANGER INTERTRIBAL NEWS SERVICE-Box 26, Village Station, N.Y., N.Y. 10014 (212) 691-6973
A complete and up-to-date list of G.I. underground papers can be obtained by writing to G.I. Press Service, 1029 Vermont Ave., NW, Rm 907, Washington, D.C. 20005. G.I. Alliance provides excellent national newsletters with all sorts of ways to fuck up the Army. Write G.I. Alliance, PO Box 9087, Washington, D.C. 20003. The phone is (202) 544-1654. American Serviceman’s Union, 156 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10010 will also help, as well as provide legal and medical aid to G.I.’s.
A complete and up to date list of Chicano underground papers can be obtained by writing to Chicano Press Association, La Raza, Box 31004, Los Angeles, California 90031.
The Young Lords Organization paper Palante can be obtained by writing to Young Lords Party, Ministry of Finance, 1678 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10029. It’s $5.75 for 24 issues.
The Black Panther Party paper can be obtained by writing to Black Panther Party, Ministry of Information, Box 2967, Custom House, San Francisco, Calif. 94126. It’s $7.50 for 52 issues.
THE UNDERGROUND PRESS
• 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. 92
112 $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 SOCIE
TY, 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, 279½ 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.
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