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The Los Angeles Free Press April 29 thru May 3, 2013
Yesterday, it was the Counter Culture.
Today, it’s… all about us.
Est. 1964 Re-Incarnated by Popular Demand
This is the original, 60’s, counter culture, LA Free Press. Today’s Best Alternative View & Our Old Hippie Headlines, Too! A Head Trip for Smart Minds.
Been There. Done That.
Now, A Chance to Get it Right.
April 29, 2013 – May 3, 2013
Published throughout the Week
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LA FP Ecology Symbol – STILL Flying High!
One of Earth Day’s very first symbols… GIFTED right from this November, 1969 Front Page of the LA Free Press into the Public Domain!
It was Ron Cobb, the LA FP’s storied political cartoonist, who created the Ecology Symbol from the letters “e” and “o” (“environment” and “organism”) superimposed one on the other.
Look Magazine later used the Symbol (April 21, 1970) placing it into a flag similar to that of the United States. It had thirteen alternating green and white stripes, with Ron’s Symbol centered in its green canton.
Unfortunately, the symbol that Ron created was then associated with the Greek letter Θ (Theta) and, thereby, the Greek word thanatos (death)… seemingly justified by the human pummeling of the environment.
The Flag, in those early years, was said to have been seen by more than 200 million Earthlings! Whether understood with Ron’s original meaning, or that given to it by Look, the Symbol is still so strongly associated with the Environmental Movement that even a ‘New Age’ group has incorporated it into its name; Decocidio #ϴ is an anonymous, autonomous collective of hacktivists who are part of Earth First!, a radical environmental protest organization that adheres to Climate Justice Action.
In all, it’s yet one more example of the influence — more than 40 years later(!) — of the Los Angeles Free Press.
Categories: Changing Society, Community, Environment, Health & Wellness, Social Change, Society and Culture Tags:
LAPD – Goes Dark
We thought it appropriate to bring this piece of history to light: the VERY beginning of what came to be known as……… ‘The Dark Years’ of the LAPD… in that the Civil Rights Conference (Justice for Our Communities! Families Organizing to Resist Police Brutality and Abuse.), is about here.
Hmmm…. we wonder, why wasn’t that Conference held back then? Oh, yes, that’s right ~ ~ it was a time of ‘direct’ action; the Black Panthers were, daily, holding more ‘intimate’ confabs with their local police officers. (We’ll post more about that organization at our FBPage (facebook.com/LAFreePress)).
For now, I’ll just add a bit more to the historical memory-jog and say that it was shortly after this article was published, when Gates DID become the LAPD Chief, that the UCLA Shootout occurred, Panthers died, and ‘our finest’ seemed to be co-conspirators with the FBI’s COINTELPRO .
And, just curious – does anyone recall exactly what ‘The Dark Years’ of the LAPD refers to?
Categories: Changing Society, Civil Rights, Community, Government & Politics, Law Enforcement, Social Change, Society and Culture Tags:
Police Kill Homosexual / Court Ruling: “Excusable Homicide”
Police Kill Homosexual / Court Ruling "Excusable Homicide"
Categories: Changing Society, Civil Rights, Homosexual and Transgender Issues, Social Change, Society and Culture Tags: Gay Civil Rights, LA Free Press Archives
04/11/69
Free LSD, Palm Springs Rock Concert, GIs Lead Peace March
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Yesterday, it was the Counter Culture.
Today, it’s… all about us.
Est. 1964 Re-Incarnated by Popular Demand
This is the original, 60’s, counter culture, LA Free Press. Today’s Best Alternative View & Our Old Hippie Headlines, Too! A Head Trip for Smart Minds.
Been There. Done That.
Now, A Chance to Get it Right.
March 9, 2012 – March 15, 2012
Published throughout the Week
The Revolution just isn’t as funny as it once was.
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