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Rat: subterranean news
Series
2 flat file boxes, each issue is 11 x. 16.5 in.
Identifier:
IA.ITM.001474-->
Description
Probably more than any other underground paper, Rat was in the eye of the political hurricane, making news as well as reporting it. Rat immediately attained national notoriety for its exclusive inside stories from the Columbia University student uprising in the spring of 1968. Its notoriety grew further when a couple of staff members (including star reporter Jane Alpert) were arrested in connection with a series of non-lethal bombings of corporate offices and military targets in late 1969. Its reputation took a new turn when it became the first bastion of sexism within "the revolution" to be successfully stormed by the forces of the emerging women's movement in early 1970. In its new incarnation asWomen's LibeRATion, it lasted another few issues into the fall of 1970.from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_(newspaper)
Related people
Robert Crumb (illustrator)Bob Eisner (designer)
Jerry Rubin (contributor)
William Burroughs (contributor)
Jeff Shero (contributor)
Alice Embree (contributor)
Gary Thiher (contributor)
Jane Alpert (contributor)
Bobby Seale (contributor)
Afeni Shakur (contributor)
Kurt Vonnegut (contributor)