1970s Counterculture New Left Vietnam War ECOLOGY & POWER People's Press Slater

by R. Giuseppi Slater

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.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } The Earth Belongs to the People - Ecology and Power by R. Giuseppi Slater, Doug Kitt, Dave Widelock, and Paul Kangas illustrated by Nick Thorkelson Published by Peoples Press, San Francisco, Spring 1973. Very good staple bound paperback. Illustrated cover, good binding, clean unmarked text, slight toning to pages, illustrated, 47 pages. The Earth Belongs to the People - Ecology and Power is a striking artifact of the New Left, authored by R. Giuseppi Slater, Doug Kitt, Dave Widelock, and Paul Kangas, and released by Peoples Press in San Francisco in Spring 1973 as its fourth edition. Emerging from the radical environmental and anti-war movements of the early 1970s, this 45-page pamphlet reflects the era’s urgency, blaming imperialist capitalism for ecological devastation and global hunger. First published in 1970, this edition—illustrated by Nick Thorkelson—builds on its critique of the Vietnam War as a resource grab, not an anti-communist crusade, offering a grassroots challenge to establishment narratives of progress. The physical form is a quintessential counterculture piece: a stapled pamphlet, 8.5 x 11 inches, with bold wrappers featuring Thorkelson’s black-and-white illustrations throughout. Its 47 pages, printed on newsprint-like paper, show the light toning yet retain clarity, embodying the DIY ethos of Peoples Press, a collective tied to San Francisco’s radical publishing scene. The fourth edi

• Publisher: Peoples Press,
• Year: 1974
• Condition: Very Good

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