This is a partial list of the local underground newspapers launched during the Sixties era of the hippie/psychedelic/youth/counterculture/New Left/antiwar movements, approximately 1965âÂÂ1973. This list includes periodically appearing papers of general countercultural interest printed in a newspaper format, and specific to a particular locale.
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
France
India
Italy
United Kingdom
United States
Alabama
Arizona
- Bandersnatch, Tempe, 1968âÂÂ1969
- Butterfield Express, Tucson
- Druid Free Press, Tempe, 1969
- Gambit, Tempe, 1968
- Rebirth, Phoenix, 1969
- Resurrection, Tucson, 1970
California
- Alto, Isla Vista, 1967âÂÂ1969
- Berkeley Barb, Berkeley, 1965âÂÂ1980
- Berkeley Tribe, Berkeley, 1969âÂÂ1972 (split from the Berkeley Barb after staff went on strike)
- The Black Panther, Oakland
- Bullsheet, Pasadena, 1969âÂÂ1974
- Dock of the Bay, San Francisco
- Free Spaghetti Dinner, Santa Cruz
- From Out of Sherwood Forest, Newport Beach
- Good Times, San Francisco, 1969âÂÂ1972 (formerly San Francisco Express-Times)
- Haight Ashbury Free Press, San Francisco
- Haight Ashbury Tribune, San Francisco (at least 16 issues)
- Illustrated Paper, Mendocino, 1966âÂÂ1967
- Leviathan, San Francisco, 1969âÂÂ1970
- Long Beach Free Press, Long Beach, 1969âÂÂ1970
- Los Angeles Free Press, Los Angeles, 1964âÂÂ1978 (new series 2005âÂÂpresent)
- Los Angeles Staff, Los Angeles (splintered from Los Angeles Free Press)
- Los Angeles Underground, Los Angeles, first issue published April 1, 1967 by Al & Barbara (Dolores) Mitchell
- Northcoast Ripsaw, Eureka
- OB Rag, Ocean Beach, 1970âÂÂ1975 (new series 2001âÂÂ2003, blog 2007âÂÂpresent)
- Open City, Los Angeles, 1967âÂÂ1969
- Oracle of Southern California, Los Angeles
- The Organ, Fresno, 1968
- The Organ, San Francisco, 1970âÂÂ1971
- Peninsula Observer, Palo Alto
- The San Diego Door, San Diego, 1966âÂÂ1970 (formerly Good Morning, Teaspoon)
- San Diego Free Press, San Diego 1968âÂÂ1970 (changed name to San Diego Street Journal)
- San Francisco Express Times, San Francisco, 1968âÂÂ1969 (changed name to Good Times)
- San Francisco Oracle, San Francisco, 1966âÂÂ1968
- San Jose Maverick, San Jose
- San Jose Red Eye, San Jose
- Seventy-Nine Cent Spread, Carmel
- Stockton Silver Hammer, Stockton
- SunDance, San Francisco, 1972
- Tuesday's Child, Los Angeles, 1969âÂÂ1970
Colorado
- Aboveground, Colorado Springs, 1969âÂÂ1970
- Blue Screw, Aurora, 1973âÂÂ1974
- Chinook, Denver, 1969âÂÂ1972
- El Gallo, Denver, 1967âÂÂ1975
- Mountain Free Press, Denver, 1968âÂÂ1970
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
- Amazing Grace, Tallahassee
- Aquarian, Temple Terrace, 1969
- Balaklava, Sarasota
- Bay Area Free Press, Tampa, 1970
- Both Sides Now, Jacksonville, 1969âÂÂ1975
- Daily Planet, Miami (formerly Miami Free Press)
- Gulf Coast Fish Cheer, Pensacola
- Iconoclast, Pensacola, Florida, 1971âÂÂ1974
- The Monocle, Tampa
- Ragweed, St. Petersburg
Georgia
Illinois
- The Angry Voice, Greenville, 1969âÂÂ1970
- Big Muddy Gazette, Carbondale, 1969âÂÂ1972
- The Bridge, Chicago, 1967âÂÂ1968
- Chicago Seed, Chicago, 1967âÂÂ1973
- Chicago Kaleidoscope, Chicago
- Curb: Dedicated to Curbing Armed Problem Solving and Solving People Problems, Elmhurst, 1970âÂÂ1973
- A Four Year Bummer, Champaign, 1969âÂÂ1970
- News from Nowhere, DeKalb
- Rising Up Angry, Chicago, 1969âÂÂ1975
- Second City, Chicago
- The Walrus, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1968âÂÂ1973
- "The Lincoln Park Press*", Chicago
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
- In Arcane Logos, New Orleans, 1969
- NOLA Express, New Orleans
- The Ungarbled Word, New Orleans
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Avatar, Boston, 1967âÂÂ1968
- Boston Free Press, Boston
- Boston Phoenix
- East Boston Community News, 1970-1989 Footnote links to Northeastern University Library's archive of all editions
- The Free Press of Springfield, Springfield (became Common Sense in 1969)
- Mother of Voices, Amherst
- Old Mole, Cambridge
- Thursday, Cambridge
- Worcester Phoenix
- Worcester Punch, Worcester
- Zig zag, Montague
Michigan
- Ann Arbor Argus, Ann Arbor, 1969âÂÂ1971
- Ann Arbor Sun, Ann Arbor, 1971âÂÂ1976
- Fifth Estate, Detroit, 1965âÂÂpresent
- god mother and apple pie/Up Against the Wall Street Journal, Saginaw, 1969âÂÂ1971
- The Paper, East Lansing
- South End, East Lansing
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
- Daily Flash, St. Louis (changed name to Xanadu)
- The New Hard Times, (St. Louis, 1968âÂÂ1970
- The Outlaw, St. Louis, 1970âÂÂ1973
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
- Buffalo Insighter, Buffalo, 1967âÂÂ1968
- East Village Other, New York City, 1965âÂÂ1972
- Edge City, Syracuse, 1970âÂÂ1971
- New York Ace, New York City, 1971âÂÂ1972
- New York Avatar, New York City
- New York Free Press, New York City
- Other Scenes (dispatched from various locations around the world)
- Rat Subterranean News, New York City, 1968âÂÂ1970 (later Women's LibeRATion)
- Space, Binghamton, 1972 (formerly Lost in Space)
North Carolina
Ohio
- Angry City Press, Cleveland, 1970
- Aquarius, Dayton
- The Big Us, Cleveland, 1968âÂÂ1970 (changed name to Burning River News)
- Columbus Free Press, Columbus, 1969âÂÂpresent
- Cuyahoga Current, Cleveland, Ohio, 1972-
- Great Swamp Erie Da Da Boom, Cleveland, 1970âÂÂ1972
- Hash, Warren, 1970âÂÂ1972
- Independent Eye, Cincinnati
- New Age, Athens
- Queen City Express, Cincinnati
- Razzberry Radicle, Dayton
- Minority Report, Dayton
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Common Sense, Philadelphia, published by Philadelphia Resistance, 1969âÂÂ1974
- Distant Drummer, Philadelphia, 1970âÂÂ1979 (changed name to The Drummer)
- Philadelphia Free Press, Philadelphia, 1968âÂÂ1972
- Pittsburgh Fair Witness, Pittsburgh, 1970âÂÂ1973 (changed name from Grok)
- Plain Dealer, Philadelphia
- Water Tunnel, State College
- Yarrowstalks, Philadelphia
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
- Helix, Seattle, 1967âÂÂ1970
- Northwest Passage, Bellingham, 1969âÂÂ1986
- Sabot, Seattle, 1970âÂÂ1971
- Spokane Natural, Spokane, 1967âÂÂ1970
- The Avatar, Olympia, 1967-1969?
West Virginia
Wisconsin
- Bugle-American, Milwaukee, 1970âÂÂ1978
- The Caravan, Milwaukee, 1967âÂÂ1971
- Connections, Madison, 1967âÂÂ1969
- Counterpoint, Stevens Point
- Fox Valley Kaleidoscope, Oshkosh, 1970
- Kaleidoscope, Milwaukee, 1967âÂÂ1971
- Madison Kaleidoscope, Madison
- Mega Middle Myth, Beloit, 1968
- Off the Pigs!, Madison, 1970's (affiliated with The People's Office)
- The People's Dreadnaught, Beloit
- What's Left, Milwaukee, 1970's
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