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Dealing with CS Gas (Tear Gas)

Gas mask- only use current military or police designs. Don’t try any old ones you may come across in markets or army surplus stores as many used asbestos in the filters! Mask/hood- offer limited protection. Also useful for disguise Goggles- for eye protection. Neutralizer #1- Carry a bottle of solution made up from water with […] Continue reading

The Truth About Tear Gas (1970)

Why CS is Better By Lake Erie Chemical A Smith & Wesson Company Law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S. are building up their stocks of tear gas and training in its use. Police officers are following advice like that in the FBI’s riot control manual, which concludes that chemical agents are the most effective, humane […] Continue reading

Cannabis Smoking Tips

The following comes from a free handout found in most Amsterdam Coffeeshops. 1. There are many reasons to smoke hashish and marijuana, such as to have a good time or to release your creative energies or for meditation. But don’t expect a joint to solve any problems for you. 2. If you smoke hashish or […] Continue reading

Hollywood Propaganda vs. The Movement (1969)

By John Hunt Those who applaud Hollywood’s occasional New Look ventures are motivated by a desire to find some crumbs of comfort in what they basically regard as a hopeless situation; it seems hopeless because they are overawed by Wall Street’s cultural dominance, unwilling to concede the possibilities of a broad movement for a democratic […] Continue reading

The Underground Press

“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one” – A.J. Liebling During the 1960s, mainstream media refused to print unbiased coverage of the events taking place around the country involving the counterculture and political activism. Therefore individuals and groups decided to start their own underground publications. By the late ’60s there […] Continue reading

Student Spring Offensive On! (1969)

By Carl Davidson The opening assault in the radical student movement’s spring offensive rocked campus after campus across the country last week. The full range of the nation’s institutions of higher education felt the attack: from Ivy League colleges and state universities to community colleges and working-class high schools. Tens of thousands of students have […] Continue reading

Fat-Cat Sociology (1968)

by Martin Nicholaus Note: This speech was given in August 1968 at the Convention of the American Sociological Association in Boston. Martin Nicolaus was on the platform with Wilbur Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. A caucus organized by Columbia University graduate students and the New University Conference protested Cohen’s appearance as major speaker […] Continue reading

How Marijuana Unavailability Leads to Use of Harder Drugs (1969)

The following study shows how the interception of marijuana shipments into NYC in 1969, led thousands of people to use harder drugs. OPERATION INTERCEPT The Multiple Consequences of Public Policy By Lawrence A. Gooberman CHAPTER 2 The Multiple Consequences of Operation Intercept The findings given in this chapter have been consolidated from the responses to […] Continue reading

Who Owns People’s Park? (1969)

The following is the original position paper of the Park’s People by F. Bardacke. Someday a petty official will appear with a piece of paper, called a land title, which states that the University of California owns the land of People’s Park. Where did that piece of paper come from? What is it worth? A […] Continue reading

The Berkeley Liberation Program (1969)

The Berkeley Liberation program was written by several groups of Bay Area radicals and was first made public at the time of the People’s Park struggle. It is one of the first efforts by movement activists to set out a more or less comprehensive political vision for the city in which they live and work. […] Continue reading