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JOHN SINCLAIR FREEDOM RALLY. Original program.
Ann Arbor, MI: Rainbow People's Party, December 1971. Tabloid newspaper format, folded, as issued. 28pp.
Illustrated with photographs (by Leni Sinclair, David Fenton and others) of Bobby Seale; Ed Sanders; Jerry Rubin; Archie Shepp; Phil Ochs; Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen; David Peel; Joy of Cooking; John Lennon and Yoko Ono; Up; the MC5 (at the Grande, October 1968); Pun and Genie Plamondon; more.
Features quotes from, among others, Bobby Seale, Rennie Davis, Leni Sinclair, Ed Sanders, and Jerry Rubin ("This is a night which will go down in history right along with Chicago and Woodstock… John Sinclair will become a national house hold word tomorrow because of this rally… Those people who say the revolution is over are saying that people have stopped breathing, hoping & dreaming. Hah!"), as well as the lyrics to Lennon's song, "John Sinclair"; Allen Ginsberg on the American chapter of P.E.N.'s petition for the release of John Sinclair; "Free John Now!" by Dave Sinclair; "Marijuana Revolution" and excerpts from his prison diary by John Sinclair; "What Has Happened to Justice in America?", a centrefold poem by Ed Sanders; volunteer security group, the Psychedelic Rangers (who performed a similar function to the Hell's Angels on the West Coast, only in a benign way); full-page ads. for Apple Records and the forthcoming publication of "Guitar Army"; more.
Slight wear to edges and folds, o/w Very Good. Scarce.