COMMITTEE TO DEFEND THE PANTHER 21. The Street Wall Journal, Volume 1, numbers 1-3. Three lithographed posters, 17 x 22 inches, printed in black, blue and red on white and pale blue stock. New York, circa 1970
A complete set (all published) of these "wall newspaper" broadsides, produced by the Committee to Defend the Panther 21. The title (also used by the unaffiliated S.D.S. journal) referenced the paper's ideological opposite, the Wall Street Journal. The Committee was formed early in 1970 by Communist Party members and sympathizers. Sold as fundraisers to aid in the defense of the Panther 21, accused of a "conspiracy to murder New York City policemen and to dynamite a variety of sites, ranging from Abercrombie and Fitch to the Botanical Gardens." These broadsides were sold on the campus of Columbia University during the spring of 1970. rare, no copies are located by oclc, though a single copy of vol. 1, no. 1 is located at the victoria and albert museum in the uk.
