Helix Vol. VII No. 1 March 13, 1969: Anti-ROTC Demonstration on University of Washington Campus; Victor Steinbrueck on Saving Pike Place Market
Seattle: Helix, 1969. Victor Steinbrueck. First Printing. Tabloid Newspaper. Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.5 x 15 inches. Pp. 28 including covers. Slight wear and age-toning to edges, else a well preserved copy. Very Good. Item #6716 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. 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 a large demonstration against the ROTC on the University of Washington campus, a review of the MC5 performance at Seattle's Eagles Auditorium, with anecdotes about John Sinclair and Wayne Kramer, and featuring ads for the Nice (record ad) and an upcoming performance by Canned Heat, with the Grass Roots opening.
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