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Though we think of the 1960s and the early '70s as a time of
radical social, cultural, and political upheaval, we tend to
picture the action as happening on campuses and in the streets. Yet
the rise of the underground newspaper was equally daring and
original. Thanks to advances in cheap offset printing, groups
involved in antiwar, civil rights, and other social liberation
issues began to spread their messages through provocatively
designed newspapers and broadsheets. This vibrant new media was
essential to the counterculture revolution as a whole--helping to
motivate the masses and proliferate ideas. "Power to the People"
presents more than 700 full-color images and excerpts from these
astonishing publications, many of which have not been seen since
they were first published almost fifty years ago. From the
psychedelic pages of the" Oracle, "Haight-Ashbury's paper of
choice, to the fiery editorials of the" Black Panther Party Paper,
"these papers were remarkable for their editors' fervent belief in
freedom of expression and their DIY philosophy. They were also
extraordinary for their graphic innovations. Experimental
typography and wildly inventive layouts reflect an alternative
media culture as much informed by the space age, television, and
socialism as it was by the great trinity of sex, drugs, and rock
'n' roll. Assembled by renowned graphic designer Geoff Kaplan,
"Power to the People" pays homage in its layout to the radical
press. Beyond its unparalleled images, "Power to the People
"includes essays by Gwen Allen, Bob Ostertag, and Fred Turner, as
well as a series of recollections edited by Pamela M. Lee, all of
which comment on the critical impact of the alternative press in
the social and popular movements of those turbulent years. "Power
to the People" treats the design practices of that moment as
activism in its own right that offers a vehement challenge to the
dominance of official media and a critical form of
self-representation. No other book surveys in such variety the
highly innovative graphic design of the underground press, and
certainly no other book captures the era with such an unmatched eye
toward its aesthetic and look. "Power to the People "is not just a
major compendium of art from the '60s and '70s--it showcases how
the radical media graphically fashioned the image of a
countercultural revolution that still resounds to this day.
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