List of underground newspapers of the 1960s counterculture

This is a partial list of the local underground newspapers launched during the Sixties era of the hippie/psychedelic/youth/counterculture/New Left/antiwar movements, approximately 1965–1973. This list includes periodically appearing papers of general countercultural interest printed in a newspaper format, and specific to a particular locale.

Australia

 * Sydney FTA, Sydney, 1970

Belgium

 * Amenophis, Brussels, 1965–1975
 * Real Free Press, Antwerp

Alberta

 * Canada Goose, Edmonton

British Columbia

 * The Georgia Straight, Vancouver

Manitoba

 * The Lovin' Couch Press, Winnipeg
 * Ǒmṕhalǒs, Winnipeg

Ontario

 * Harbinger, Toronto
 * Octopus, Ottawa (later Ottawa's Free Press)

Quebec

 * Pop-See-Cul, Montreal, 1967–1968
 * Mainmise, Montreal, 1970–1978

France

 * Actuel, Paris
 * Interluttes, Paris

India

 * Hungry Generation weekly bulletins, Calcutta (1961–1965)
 * Krittibas

Italy

 * Fuori!
 * Re Nudo
 * Tampax

United Kingdom

 * Black Dwarf
 * Brighton Voice
 * Friends (later Frendz)
 * Gandalf's Garden
 * Ink
 * International Times (also IT)
 * Mole Express
 * Oz

Alabama

 * Exponent, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1969–present
 * High gauge, Tuscaloosa
 * Rearguard, Mobile, 1971

Arizona

 * Bandersnatch, Tempe, 1968–1969
 * Butterfield Express, Tucson
 * Druid Free Press, Tempe, 1969
 * Gambit, Tempe, 1968
 * Rebirth, Phoenix, 1969
 * Resurrection, Tucson, 1970

California

 * Alto, Isla Vista, 1967–1969
 * Berkeley Barb, Berkeley, 1965–1980
 * Berkeley Tribe, Berkeley, 1969–1972 (split from the Berkeley Barb after staff went on strike)
 * The Black Panther, Oakland
 * Bullsheet, Pasadena, 1969–1974
 * Dock of the Bay, San Francisco
 * Free Spaghetti Dinner, Santa Cruz
 * From Out of Sherwood Forest, Newport Beach
 * Good Times, San Francisco, 1969–1972 (formerly San Francisco Express-Times)
 * Haight Ashbury Free Press, San Francisco
 * Haight Ashbury Tribune, San Francisco (at least 16 issues)
 * Illustrated Paper, Mendocino, 1966–1967
 * Leviathan, San Francisco, 1969–1970
 * Long Beach Free Press, Long Beach, 1969–1970
 * Los Angeles Free Press, Los Angeles, 1964–1978 (new series 2005–present)
 * Los Angeles Staff, Los Angeles (splintered from Los Angeles Free Press)
 * Northcoast Ripsaw, Eureka
 * OB Rag, Ocean Beach, 1970–1975 (new series 2001–2003, blog 2007–present)
 * Open City, Los Angeles, 1967–1969
 * Oracle of Southern California, Los Angeles
 * The Organ, Fresno, 1968
 * The Organ, San Francisco, 1970–1971
 * Peninsula Observer, Palo Alto
 * The San Diego Door, San Diego, 1966–1970 (formerly Good Morning, Teaspoon)
 * San Diego Free Press, San Diego 1968–1970 (changed name to San Diego Street Journal)
 * San Francisco Express Times, San Francisco, 1968–1969 (changed name to Good Times)
 * San Francisco Oracle, San Francisco, 1966–1968
 * San Jose Maverick, San Jose
 * San Jose Red Eye, San Jose
 * Seventy-Nine Cent Spread, Carmel
 * Stockton Silver Hammer, Stockton
 * SunDance, San Francisco, 1972
 * Tuesday's Child, Los Angeles, 1969–1970

Colorado

 * Aboveground, Colorado Springs, 1969–1970
 * Blue Screw, Aurora, 1973–1974
 * Chinook, Denver, 1969–1972
 * El Gallo, Denver, 1967–1975
 * Mountain Free Press, Denver, 1968–1970

Connecticut

 * Hartford's Other Voice, Hartford
 * Storrs Weekly Reader, Storrs, 1971–1973
 * View from the Bottom, New Haven

Delaware

 * Heterodoxical Voice, Newark

District of Columbia

 * Colonial Times, 1971–1972
 * The Daily Rag, 1972
 * Quicksilver Times, 1969–1972
 * Washington Free Press

Florida

 * Amazing Grace, Tallahassee
 * Aquarian, Temple Terrace, 1969
 * Balaklava, Sarasota
 * Bay Area Free Press, Tampa, 1970
 * Both Sides Now, Jacksonville, 1969–1975
 * Daily Planet, Miami (formerly Miami Free Press)
 * Gulf Coast Fish Cheer, Pensacola
 * Iconoclast, Pensacola, Florida, 1971–1974
 * The Monocle, Tampa
 * Ragweed, St. Petersburg

Georgia

 * Albion's Grace, Savannah
 * The Great Speckled Bird, Atlanta, 1968–1976

Illinois

 * The Angry Voice, Greenville, 1969–1970
 * Big Muddy Gazette, Carbondale, 1969–1972
 * The Bridge, Chicago, 1967–1968
 * Chicago Seed, Chicago, 1967–1973
 * Chicago Kaleidoscope, Chicago
 * Curb: Dedicated to Curbing Armed Problem Solving and Solving People Problems, Elmhurst, 1970–1973
 * A Four Year Bummer, Champaign, 1969–1970
 * News from Nowhere, DeKalb
 * Rising Up Angry, Chicago, 1969–1975
 * Second City, Chicago
 * The Walrus, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1968–1973

Indiana

 * Bauls of the Brickyard, West Lafayette, 1969
 * Grinding Stone, Terre Haute
 * Indianapolis Free Press, Indianapolis, 1969–1970
 * The Only Alternative, Muncie, 1968–1971
 * The Spectator, Bloomington, 1966–1971

Iowa

 * Middle Earth, Iowa City, 1967–1968
 * Pterodactyl, Grinnell

Kansas

 * Alchemist, Manhattan, 1968–1969
 * Custer's Last Stand, Manhattan, 1971
 * Vortex, Lawrence

Kentucky

 * Blue-tail fly, Lexington
 * Callallo #20, Lexington
 * Free Press of Louisville, Louisville

Louisiana

 * In Arcane Logos, New Orleans, 1969
 * NOLA Express, New Orleans
 * The Ungarbled Word, New Orleans

Maryland

 * Baltimore Free Press, Baltimore, 1968
 * Dragon Seed, Baltimore, 1972
 * Harry, Baltimore, 1969–1970
 * The Pawn, Fort Detrick, 1969–1970

Massachusetts

 * Avatar, Boston, 1967–1968
 * Boston Free Press, Boston
 * Boston Phoenix
 * East Boston Community News, 1970-1989 Footnote links to Northeastern University Library's archive of all editions
 * The Free Press of Springfield, Springfield (became Common Sense in 1969)
 * Mother of Voices, Amherst
 * Old Mole, Cambridge
 * Thursday, Cambridge
 * Worcester Phoenix
 * Worcester Punch, Worcester
 * Zig zag, Montague

Michigan

 * Ann Arbor Argus, Ann Arbor, 1969–1971
 * Ann Arbor Sun, Ann Arbor, 1971–1976
 * Fifth Estate, Detroit, 1965–present
 * god mother and apple pie/Up Against the Wall Street Journal, Saginaw, 1969–1971
 * The Paper, East Lansing
 * South End, East Lansing

Minnesota

 * The Freeway, Duluth, 1971
 * Hundred Flowers, Minneapolis, 1970–1972
 * Minneapolis Flag, Minneapolis, 1969
 * Hair, Minneapolis, 1969-1970.

Mississippi

 * Creem, Birmingham
 * Kudzu, Jackson, 1968–1972

Missouri

 * Daily Flash, St. Louis (changed name to Xanadu)
 * The New Hard Times, (St. Louis, 1968–1970
 * The Outlaw, St. Louis, 1970–1973

Montana

 * Borrowed Times, Missoula, 1972–1980

Nebraska

 * Buffalo Chip, Omaha (started December 1967)
 * Omaha Kaleidoscope, Omaha

Nevada

 * Las Vegas Free Press, Las Vegas
 * Love, Reno

New Jersey

 * Abas, Newark, 1968–1969
 * All You Can Eat, New Brunswick, 1970–1973

New Mexico

 * Astral Projection, Albuquerque
 * Caliche County Rendering Works, Albuquerque, 1968–1970
 * The Fountain of Light, Taos, 1968–1970
 * The Hips Voice, Santa Fe

New York

 * Buffalo Insighter, Buffalo, 1967–1968
 * East Village Other, New York City, 1965–1972
 * Edge City, Syracuse, 1970–1971
 * New York Ace, New York City, 1971–1972
 * New York Avatar, New York City
 * New York Free Press, New York City
 * Other Scenes (dispatched from various locations around the world)
 * Rat Subterranean News, New York City, 1968–1970 (later Women's LibeRATion)
 * Space, Binghamton, 1972 (formerly Lost in Space)

North Carolina

 * The Anvil, Durham, 1967–1983
 * The Inquisition, Charlotte
 * Protean Radish, Chapel Hill

Ohio

 * Angry City Press, Cleveland, 1970
 * Aquarius, Dayton
 * The Big Us, Cleveland, 1968–1970 (changed name to Burning River News)
 * Columbus Free Press, Columbus, 1969–present
 * Cuyahoga Current, Cleveland, Ohio, 1972-
 * Great Swamp Erie Da Da Boom, Cleveland, 1970–1972
 * Hash, Warren, 1970–1972
 * Independent Eye, Cincinnati
 * New Age, Athens
 * Queen City Express, Cincinnati
 * Razzberry Radicle, Dayton
 * Minority Report, Dayton

Oklahoma

 * Home Cookin, Oklahoma City
 * Jones Family Grandchildren, Norman
 * Jones Family Grandchildren II, Stillwater
 * Osmosis, Tulsa, 1972

Oregon

 * Eugene Augur, Eugene, 1969–1972
 * Willamette Bridge, Portland, 1968–1971

Pennsylvania

 * Common Sense, Philadelphia, published by Philadelphia Resistance, 1969–1974
 * Distant Drummer, Philadelphia, 1970–1979 (changed name to The Drummer)
 * Philadelphia Free Press, Philadelphia, 1968–1972
 * Pittsburgh Fair Witness, Pittsburgh, 1970–1973 (changed name from Grok)
 * Plain Dealer, Philadelphia
 * Water Tunnel, State College
 * Yarrowstalks, Philadelphia

Rhode Island

 * Extra!, Providence

Tennessee

 * Root, Memphis, 1969
 * The Hinterlands, Knoxville, 1966

Texas

 * Dallas Notes, Dallas, 1967–1970 (originally Notes from the Underground)
 * The Eagle bone whistle, San Antonio
 * The Rag, Austin, 1966–1977
 * San Antonio Gazette, San Antonio, 1971–1975
 * Space City, Houston, 1969–1972 (originally Space City News)

Utah

 * Electric Newspaper, Salt Lake City, 1968 (at least 5 issues)
 * Utah Free Press, Salt Lake City, 1966–1969

Vermont

 * The first issue, Plainfield
 * Windham Free Press, Putney

Virginia

 * Alice: Blacksburg Free Press, Blacksburg
 * The Liberated Castle, Fort Belvoir, 1971
 * Richmond Chronicle, Richmond

Washington

 * Helix, Seattle, 1967–1970
 * Northwest Passage, Bellingham, 1969–1986
 * Sabot, Seattle, 1970–1971
 * Spokane Natural, Spokane, 1967–1970
 * The Avatar, Olympia, 1967-1969?

West Virginia

 * Buffalo Chips, Huntington
 * Liberator, Morgantown, 1969–1971? (later Mountain Liberator)

Wisconsin

 * Bugle-American, Milwaukee, 1970–1978
 * The Caravan, Milwaukee, 1967–1971
 * Connections, Madison, 1967–1969
 * Counterpoint, Stevens Point
 * Fox Valley Kaleidoscope, Oshkosh, 1970
 * Kaleidoscope, Milwaukee, 1967–1971
 * Madison Kaleidoscope, Madison
 * Mega Middle Myth, Beloit, 1968
 * Off the Pigs!, Madison, 1970's (affiliated with The People's Office)
 * The People's Dreadnaught, Beloit
 * What's Left, Milwaukee, 1970's