Helix Vol. IX No. 1 July 31, 1969 with Articles on Seattle Pop Festival and National Conference for a United Front Against Fascism
Seattle: Helix, 1969. Walt Crowley, Larry Heald, R. Allen Jensen (photography). First Printing. Tabloid newspaper. Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.5 x 17.5 inches. Pp. 24 including cover. Front and rear covers printed in color. Some age-toning to cover. A well preserved copy. Near Fine. Item #11564 In late spring 1967, Helix joined a burgeoning underground press then including groundbreaking alternative papers the East Village Other, the Los Angeles Free Press, the Fifth Estate and the Berkeley Barb. Founded by Paul Sawyer, Paul Dorpat and Lorenzo Milam, it sprang from their intellectual fervor at the Free University, an alternative thinktank they also founded. Eventually star-illustrator Walt Crowley assumed editorship. A pebble in the shoe of Seattle establishment, the "hip rag" brought attention to civic injustice by rallying its youthful readership to activism. The apogee of that effort followed the 1970 killing of students at Kent State: over the course of May 5-8, Helix organized protests that blocked US Interstate 5 while marching between the University District and rallies at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Seattle. Early issues are increasingly scarce. This issue is housed in a removable, clear sleeve with an acid-free backing.
An early issue of the Seattle underground bi-weekly (that transitioned to a weekly in September 1969) with articles on the Seattle Pop Festival, the National Conference for a United Front Against Fascism, and the cancellation of the Sky River Rock Festival of Enumclaw, WA. The rear cover features a color ad for a public showing of northwest films by the Northwest Film-Makers CO-OP.
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