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

New; sealed copy in original shring wrap. [I1]

$ 150.00

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