Notes from a Revolution: Com/Co, the Diggers & the Haight
Discover the raw, unfiltered graphic history of the 1960s counterculture movement at its peak.
Notes from a Revolution: Com/Co, the Diggers & the Haight is a fascinating visual chronicle of the San Francisco Diggers, a radical group of anarchists, activists, and street theater performers who defined the spirit of Haight-Ashbury in 1967. Formed by members of the subversive San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Diggers operated on a purely moneyless ethos—providing free food, clothing, medical care, and temporary housing to anyone in need.
At the heart of their revolutionary tactics was the Communication Company (Com/Co), a maverick, short-lived publishing outfit founded by Chester Anderson and Claude Hayward. Using a borrowed mimeograph machine, Com/Co printed and rapidly distributed hundreds of broadsides, handbills, and agitprop leaflets directly onto the streets.
For the first time, this book gathers a curated selection of those original, graphically inventive street sheets. The pages serve as a chaotic, beautiful, and sometimes biting time capsule, collaging together:
- Bold calls for free love and community mutual aid.
- Fierce anti-war protests and political direct actions.
- Colorfully chaotic announcements for rock festivals and neighborhood happenings.
- Underground drug use advisories and survival guides for the influx of youth.
- An exclusive, deeply personal essay by legendary actor and core Digger member, Peter Coyote.
Whether you are a historian of the ’60s, a lover of counterculture graphic design, or an activist looking for historical inspiration, this beautifully bound volume offers an oddly moving, front-row seat to a revolution in early bloom.
Edited by David Hollander and Kristine McKenna. Published by Fulton Ryder & Foggy Notion.
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 176 pages
- ISBN: 9780983587033
- Language: English
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$ 150.00
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