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all ready on the LEFT (vol. 1, no. 2), 1970-09

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Scope and Contents

"We're the Cops of the World" [lyrics]; "Cliff on Trial" [Cliff Mansker, Black Marine in confinement]; "Flash!!!" [unity bands]; "Brig Pigs' Gig" [Camp Pendleton brig; imprisoned soldiers physically forced to remove their Black unity bands]; "Tell It To The Left" [Marine Corps "lifers"]; "Fort Hood" [rebellion of 250 Black GIs at Ft. Hood, July 26]; "Oceanside Hi ROTC"; "Peace" [Marines at Camp Pendleton charged with making obscene gestures (peace sign)]; "Liberty or Death" [Marin County Civic Center attack, Jonathan Jackson, James McClain, Soledad Brothers]; "Fort Ord" [Special Processing Detachment: minimum security prison at Ft. Ord with many imprisoned for going AWOL]; "chicano moratorium" [East Los Angeles Chicano Moratorium, August 29, 1970]; "U.S. Tries to Kick Ass" [capitalism, resources, and war]; "U.S. Gets Ass Kicked" [difference between U.S. military and Vietnamese Liberation Army of South Vietnam]; "Next Duty Station... Palestine [training of Camp Pendleton Marines for combat in Palestine]; [poetry]

Dates

  • Publication: 1970-09

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 300 Linear Feet

Language

From the File: English

Repository Details

Part of the CSUSM Special Collections Repository

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