LOS ANGELES FREE PRESS VOL.7, NO. 8 (FEB.20-26, 1970)

Editore: ARTHUR KUNKIN, LOS ANGELES, CA, 1970

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56 PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS. THIS ISSUE OF THE "LOS ANGELES FREE PRESS" FEATURES THE CONSPIRACY 8 - 7 TRIAL. THE FRONT PAGE HAS TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE TRIAL CODEFENDENTS OR "CONSPIRATORS." THE DEFENDENTS LEE WEINER, RENNIE DAVIS, JERRY RUBIN, JOHN FROINES, TOM HAYDEN AND ABBIE HOFFMAN ARE STANDING IN BACK OF THE SEATED DAVE DELLINGER AND THEIR LAWYER WILLIAM KUNSTLER ALONG WITH RALPH ABERNATHY. BOBBY SEALE WAS SPIRITED AWAY TO PRISON LEAVING 7 CO-CONSPIRATORS TO THEIR FATE. THE ARTICLE IS ENTITLED "CONSPIRACY CONTINUES." RALPH ABERNATHY REQUESTED TO BE A DEFENDENT'S WITNESS BUT JUDGE JULIUS JENNINGS HOFFMAN REFUSED TO LET HIM TESTIFY AT THE TRIAL. ON PAGE TWO, AN ARTICLE IS ENTITLED" 6000 ATTEND MIDNIGHT RALLY FOR CHICAGO 7 AT UCLA. THE RALLY WITH ONLY 4 HOURS NOTICE FEATURED ACTIVIST PERFORMER AND SINGER PHIL OCHS, MICHAEL TIGAR, AN ORIGINAL ATTORNEY FOR THE CONSPIRACY DEFENDENTS AND ROBERT SCHEER, FORMER EDITOR OF "RAMPARTS' MAGAZINE. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PERFORMERS AT THE UCLA RALLY ACCOMPANY THE ARTICLE. THE DEFENDENT CONSPIRATORS WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE RALLY DUE TO JUDGE HOFFMAN'S EDICT THAT THEY BE AVAILABLE WITHIN TWO HOURS OF THE JURY'S CONVENING TO PROVIDE A VERDICT ON THE TRIAL. ON PAGES FOUR AND FIVE IS A DIALOGUE OF ARGUMENTS BETWEEN THE DEFENDENTS, THEIR LAWYERS AND JUDGE JULIUS HOFFMAN ABOUT JUDGE HOFFMAN DENYING RALPH ABERNATHY'S REQUEST TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDENTS. THE RESULTS OF THE JURY'S VERDICT IS IN AN ARTICLE ENTITLED "LEGAL LYNCHING OF CHICAGO SEVEN ACCOMPLISHED TRIAL ENDS IN CONVICTIONS, CONTEMPT CITATIONS." THE ARTICLE ACCOMPANIES 10 PHOTOS OF THE CODEFENDENTS AND A CARTOON. INCLUDED IS A PORTION OF A DIALOGUE BETWEEN JUDGE HOFFMAN, THE LAWYERS AND DEFENDENTS THAT LED TO THE CONTEMPT CHARGES FOR CALLING JUDGE HOFFMAN A LIAR. THE TRIAL MADE A MOCKERY OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES. ON PAGES 14 AND 17 IS ANOTHER ARTICLE ENTITLED "PANTHER 21 TRIAL: ANOTHER CHICAGO." THE BLACK PANTHERS WERE CHARGED WITH CRIMES THAT PLACED THEM IN JAIL FOR 10 MONTHS BEFORE BEING BROUGHT TO TRIAL. SECTION TWO OF THE NEWSPAPER FEATURES AN INTERVIEW WITH JANIS JOPLIN. THERE ARE FILM REVIEWS ON COUNTERCULTURE MOVIES AND REPORTS ON AUDIO RECORDINGS OF POPULAR BANDS AT THE TIME. THIS ISSUE OF THE LOS ANGELES FREE PRESS UNDERGROUND NEWSPAPER FEATURES THE CONSPIRACY 8 - 7 TRIAL, THE CONSPIRACY CONVICTION VERDICTS AND THE CONTEMPT OF COURT CONVICTION CHARGES. THE NEWSPAPER CONTRIBUTES IN ITS OWN WAY TO THE HISTORY OF THE TIME AS FOLLOW-UP TO THE 1968 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AND COUNTERCULTURE RIOTS IN CHICAGO. Size: 11 3/8" X 17 1/2". Codice articolo 68078

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Titolo: LOS ANGELES FREE PRESS VOL.7, NO. 8 (FEB.20-...

Casa editrice: ARTHUR KUNKIN, LOS ANGELES, CA

Data di pubblicazione: 1970

Legatura: ILLUSTRATED PAPER WRAPPERS

Condizione: FINE CONDITION

Condizione sovraccoperta: NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED

Edizione: FIRST EDITION THUS.