Jun 27, 2024 - Sale 2675

Sale 2675 - Lot 256

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(RADICALISM.) Collection of ephemera from the Attica Brigade, an "Anti-Imperialist Student Organization." 16 items in one sleeve; various sizes, generally minimal wear. Various places, 1972-1975 and undated

Additional Details

The Attica Brigade was a Communist national student group founded in 1972. They became the Revolutionary Student Brigade in 1974. Included here are:

"Long Live the Spirit of Attica. Support the Brothers' Demands." Poster, 22½ x 17 inches, in red and black on white newsprint.

"Viva la Huelga! Join the Action Against Farah." Double-sized Attica Brigade broadsheet, 17 x 11 inches, in support of striking workers at the Farah clothing factory.

2 issues of the "Midnight Special Prisoners News," each 24 pages, issued by the New York chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, December 1972 and March 1973.

4 issues and supplements of "Fight Back, Monthly Newspaper of the Attica Brigade, an Anti-Imperialist Student Organization," 1973-1974.

8 pieces of smaller related ephemera from events at Columbia University, Rutgers University, New York University and elsewhere.