Berkeley Barb and the U.S. underground press movement (1965-1975)

1. Max Scherr launches the Berkeley Barb

   Aug 13, 1965Labels: Max Scherr, Berkeley Barb, Berkeley CA

   • BerkeleyBarb net
   • Max Scherr

2. Underground Press Syndicate is founded

   Jan 1, 1966Labels: Underground Press, Berkeley Barb

   • UPS
   • Underground press

3. First official UPS gathering convenes near Stinson Beach

   Mar 1, 1967Labels: UPS gathering, Michael Bowen, Stinson Beach

   • UPS

4. Liberation News Service begins distributing underground news packets

   Aug 1, 1967Labels: Liberation News, Underground newspapers

   • LNS
   • NYU Finding Aid

5. New York Times reports on LNS as movement media expands

   Feb 16, 1968Labels: The New, Liberation News

   • LNS

6. Berkeley Barb publishes call to build People’s Park

   Apr 18, 1969Labels: People's Park, Berkeley Barb

   • Bancroft Guide
   • Street Spirit

7. People’s Park confrontation erupts on “Bloody Thursday”

   May 15, 1969Labels: People's Park, Bloody Thursday, James Rector

   • Bancroft Guide
   • People s Park

8. Berkeley Barb staff strike leads to a rival paper

   Jul 11, 1969Labels: Berkeley Barb, Berkeley Tribe

   • Berkeley Tribe
   • ABAA listing

9. Berkeley Barb reaches peak-era mass circulation

   Jan 1, 1970Labels: Berkeley Barb, circulation peak

   • Berkeley Barb

10. UPS renames itself the Alternative Press Syndicate

    Jan 1, 1973Labels: Alternative Press, Underground Press

    • UPS
    • Connexipedia

11. Underground press contraction accelerates after early-1970s peak

    Jan 1, 1974Labels: Underground newspapers, contraction

    • UPS
    • Connexipedia

12. Berkeley Barb suspends publication after final 1980 issue

    Jul 3, 1980Labels: Berkeley Barb, final issue

    • Barb Bows Out
    • Washington Post