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COO018222 - .> - 1 . : , - .', . . ' 0 ' . ? development of "cold type. " Cold type - basically a very sophisti- cated typewriter - could be set in the kitchen, bedroom or storefront crash pad by anyone who knew how to type. . middle class youths who had the money and leisure time to explore F.:.; . et.; * - The underground press of the 1960's appealed primarily to c "life styles" that psed alternatives to the "nineto4ive" work week syndrome. The pages of the underground press carried news and in- formation on drugs, sexual "liberation, '' rock music, Asian religions and to some degree the antiwar and anti-draft movements and student The editorial line relentlessly blasted the "straight, authori- tarian world" and supported all aspeck?of the struggle for "total freedom. 'I Liberation of the spirit through karma forces, LSD, .and electronic music were familiar themes. struggles. g% &-.- - By 1968 the existing underground press was undergoing a radical change and newspapers witli a more pliticd approach were created. The antiwar movement, third world liberation movements, [dice brutality; the military -industrial complex, - racism, and studonts'rights became central issues. Each new radical group went into print with its own paper. The Elack Panthers put out me Elack Labor Party circulated Challenqe. . Fatither, the Young Lords published Palante, and the Progressive Although lacking a clear analysis of current events, many of the new underground papers - and the old ones that didn't fold up in ' the transitional stage - made motions to Marxism but actually leaned heavily toward anarchism. tion to a good number of the largely student-oriented underground newspapers. The Raq in Austin, Texas, the Rat in New York, and the.Washinqton Free Press followed the SDS party line. Thc 1960 SDS niitional convention, which split SDS into a number of opposing factions, signaled the downEall of UIC? uridcrcJround press. i . The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) helped give direc- . . 2 ' J I