Communication Company Bibliography
 CC-001.
The Communication Company, Haight/Ashbury, our policy.
By Claude and Chester. Broadside. Letter size. CC h/a. 46LT\bl/wh. o-SOLA(DW)|o-SS(L)|o-BL/CA.
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Announces the aims of Communication Company. "OUR POLICY| Love is communication.| OUR PLANS & HOPES| to provide quick & inexpensive printing service for the| hip community.| to print anything the Diggers want printed.|.| to be outrageous pamphleteers.|.."
"OUR MAGNIFICENT MACHINES .. WITH WHICH WE CAN .. WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET! .. WE NEED .. " Signed "claude & chester | 626-2926 | we deliver".
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 CC-002.
Remember the Love Circus?
N.d., ca. 5/17/1967. Broadside. Letter size. d./commucomp(UPS). 1/cGR. o-SOLA(x-SS)|o-SS(L).
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Photocopy reprint of Charles McCabe's May 17,1967 SF Chron column ("Love and The Buck") decrying the 'merchants of love'. Also a digger commentary on the Love Circus. "..Revolution for $3.50 is an impossibility. Revolution is free because it's yours."
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 CC-003.
Draft draft draft draft draft conscription | [...].
By X, the masked marauder. Broadside. Letter size. CC. 1/cPU. x-SOLA(SS)|o-SS(L).
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"army..WoRlD'sCoPs..war..ViEtNaM..kill..WaRcRiMeS..don't get caught...resist the Selective Slavery System." Proposes hassled hippie men "get together & help each other..keep out of the draft." For info on becoming a CO, etc.: the Free Store (Cole & Carl)
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 CC-004.
Survival School | how to stay alive on Haight Street [...].
Broadside. Letter size. CC/HA. o-SOLA(DW)|o-SS(L).
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"..a series of three classes designed to save you from becoming a psychedelic casualty--six months' worth of knowledge in a mere three days, & all free ..-at- THE TRIP WITHOUT A TICKET 901 Cole Street"(Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays at 8 pm).
Topics: Sex Lore, Street Wisdom, Health & Hygiene, The Scene, Drug Lore, Policemanship, Haight Street Seminar ("experienced hippies & others rapping, answering questions, ..telling it like it is, so you needn't be a helpless newcomer very long").
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 CC-005A.
To the people of the Oracle:.
N.D., ca. 5/31/1967. Broadsheet. Letter size. P.B/Comm/Comp. SOLA-oPR|SS-oL.
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A letter from Tammy in Monterey who asks, "Can any information be obtained about the Diggers (history or anything)? other than thru word of mouth .." She knows local Diggers-type group who will put people up during upcoming Monterey music festival.
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 CC-005B.
There is only 1 digger.
Broadsheet. Letter size.
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Title is all this side. Reverse side: "To The people of the Oracle:".
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 CC-006.
Hippies in free!!!!!! A free movie.
Broadside. Letter size. cc.ups.hps.aid.dds. SOLA-xSS|SS-oL.
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'Psychedelic Sexualis' showing at The Movie, 1034 Kearny every 90 minutes. ".. just say, 'Ramparts sent me.' and you'll get in free!!!!!!!! the management requests that you refrain from hissing and booing while the show is in progress."
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 CC-007.
Prepare now for the potlatch | Summer Solstice potlatch.
N.D., ca. 6/21/1967. Broadside. Letter size. CC. 1/c, black ink on GrPa. SOLA-xSS/SS-oL.
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Title continues: ".. JUNE 21 POTLATCH|.| WHEN SAN FRANCISCO| WILL OPEN ITS| GOLDEN GATE" Ilustration at bottom depicts human figure carrying a load of possessions on the head. In bold letters: "POTLATCH"
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 CC-008.
When you come to San Francisco | Wear a flower in your hair [...].
Broadside. Letter size. CC. PiPa. SOLA-xSS|SS-oL.
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Lyrics with a twist. "..Wear a smile on your face, For the whole human race, Rioting in the ghettos, Won't effect you if you wear a flower in your hair, ..And if San Francisco doesn't work out, We can always do it in London, Sings John Philips."
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 CC-009.
All in all, dear friends, this promises to be an interesting summer..
Broadside. Letter size. cc.u.p.s. SOLA-xSS|SS-oL.
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Photo reprint of news clip, "FBI's List of 'Radical Subversives'" tells of plans to round up radicals during a national disaster. ComCo editorial elaborates the implications for "all of us who smoke a little pot & dig a little peace". I Ching reading.
"Because dope is political, & don't you forget it. Anything that criticizes the Establishment & its asinine war & power games is political -- subversive! -- and taking dope is an act of criticism."
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 CC-010.
What do you care?
Broadside. Letter size. cC(ups). SOLA-oDW|SS-oL.
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Reprint of EVO article (East Village Other) on the S.F. Mime Troupe bust in Calgary. Style of writing reveals intimate connection with the Troupe's politics & history. In ComCo handwriting: "The dirty bastards busted the Mime Troupe what do you care"
"The Troupe, formed in 1959 by Davis, has always been poor, but always on top of the changing times: The first Dance-Concerts and Light shows..were put on by the Troupe.. They spawned the Diggers, who set up an alternative to competitive game playing;.."
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 CC-011.
I live.
Broadside. Letter size. cc.ups.hps. SOLA-oDW|SS-oL.
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".. I LIVE is the motto of the American Indian tribe of Hippies of San Francisco who are now learning to communicate with each other without words.. A free booklet explaining the full meaning of I LIVE will be available soon.." at the Psychedelic Shop.
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 CC-012A.
The Wail presented by Daniel Roberts Memorial Band.
Broadsheet. Letter size. cc. 2/cReBl. SOLA-oDW|SS-oL.
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"..Sunrise..At..San Quentin..Death Dance| Free| bring meat| for| flesh| pyre!". At Daniel Roberts' execution. Transportation leaving Tuesday 4:30AM from Masonic & Oak. For info: Diggers Office 626-9600. Variant (C|SS) is Broadside. See CC-018.
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 CC-012B.
Kill for peace.
Broadsheet. Letter size.
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Digger-style poem on the occasion of the execution of Daniel Roberts. "12 minutes of agony gas death burning central nervous system KILL .. RONALD REAGAN IS KILLING daniel roberts| so what| do your thing| come dance be. WAIL| .." See CC012a & CC018.
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 CC-013.
ZXQ__9837466 Lino Block Flyermmmmmm(500).
Broadside. Letter size. cc.ups. SOLA-oDW|SS-oL.
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Urgent request by Diggers for linoleum block printing supplies "To be used for| Linoleum fabric and block prints (LFBP)|.| To be taken to Trip Without a Ticket 901 COLE SF CALIF USA EARTH XXXX| (TWOAT)". Flyer done in teletype style layout.
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