The records were originally available either individually or in sets, part or complete (the complete set was initially offered at a little over £30.00, later increased to £38.00). The chronological sequence in which the records were made available is unclear. It seems that the majority (perhaps all) were not released until sometime around April 1968, although The Times (August 5, 1967) reported that recordings of Stokely Carmichael’s address from July 22, the conference’s most influential, were being offered for sale just two weeks later (given the lack of time available to press vinyl records and print sleeves it seems probable..... More about A run of 15 LPs featuring recordings made during the proceedings of the Dialectics of Liberation...

Harmondsworth, Middx: Penguin Books (1968), second printing 1969. Wrps., 208pp. A compilation of ten addresses delivered at the conference, “centrally concerned”, Cooper writes in the introduction, “with destruction in two senses: firstly, the self-destruction of the human species by racism (Carmichael), by greed (Gerassi on Imperialism), by the erosion of our ecological context (Bateson, Goodman), by blind, frightened repression of natural instinctuality (Marcuse), by illusion and mystification (Laing and myself); secondly, closely interwoven with the first sense, these essays study the human conditions under which men destroy each other (Jules Henry’s essay on Psychological Preparation for War). So..... More about The Dialectics of Liberation

Ed. Joseph Berke. First two issues printed by the Poets’ and Painters’ Press in loose-bound folio-size wrappers in editions of 1000 and 3000 copies respectively (24pp. + 31pp., illus.), designed by Jutta Werner; #3-9 issued in a single hardback volume in association with Peter Owen as “Counter Culture: The Creation of an Alternative Society” (lge. 8vo., 416pp., profusely illustrated), designed by Paul Lawson; #10 issued in folio-size staplebound wrappers (25pp.), designed by Asa Benveniste and printed by the Daedalus Press in an edition of 1500 copies; #11-15 issued as “Sphere of Light” by Roberta Elzey Berke, co-published with Trigram Press..... More about FIRE #1-15 (all published). London: 1967-1972

4to. Stapled wrps., 48pp. IKON’s founding editor, Susan Sherman, who contributed to a seminar on art and violence with Jerome Rothenberg, Gustav Metzger and Carolee Schneemann at the Congress, concluded that the conference “did not ‘de-mystify’ violence or experience, which was its stated aim, but it did present in a concentrated form many areas of experience and that in itself was quite a feat… The information presented represented a cross-section of some of the most important ideas existent in contemporary culture.” Illustrated with John Haynes’s photographs of RD Laing, Gregory Bateson, Julian Beck, Herbert Marcuse, Stokely Carmichael, and a scene..... More about “The Dialectics of Liberation, A Conference”, a 4pp. report in IKON #4 (NY: October 26, 1967)...

Ed. Bill Levy et al. Front cover photo of Allen Ginsberg at the Legalise Pot Rally in Hyde Park, July 16. Includes “Dialectual’s Masturbation”, an interim report from the Dialectics of Liberation Congress, followed by “Sigmatic View” by Simon Vinkenoog, one of the speakers at the conference + news of The Social Deviants “to play at a closing event at Dialectics of Liberation conference” + ad. for “Tavistock Books for The Dialectics of Liberation”. Also: Alexander Trocchi (“Junkie To The Queen”); concrete poem by John Furnival; Bradley Martin (Hoppy) on STP; centrespread conversation between Richard Alpert..... More about INTERNATIONAL TIMES #17 (London: July 28, 1967

Ed. David Bieda and David Robins. Narrow 4to. Stapled glossy wrps., 64pp. A fairly detailed summary and critique of several of the lectures delivered, illustrated with 7 b/w photographs by John Haynes, including RD Laing, Stokely Carmichael and Gregory Bateson. Also: “Underground Voices”, a 10pp. transcript of a conversation between David Medalla, Jim Haynes, Jack Henry Moore and others, with a full-page drawing of the latter two by Mal Dean; Michael Instone on (in part) “the use of LSD… on Underground consciousness”; centrespread reproducing David Vaughan’s psychedelic poster featuring David Bailey’s photograph of Vogue cover model..... More about “Conference/Dialectics of Liberation: a Circuit Report” (8pp.) in CIRCUIT #5 (London: Winter...

London: Albion Village Press, October 1971. First edition. Narrow folio. Spiral bound. Unpaginated (82pp.). Photo-illustrated throughout. Association copy, SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the title page to filmmaker Peter Whitehead: “For Peter with belated thanks for the soundman who made this possible - our first collaboration Iain Sinclair”. Sinclair’s second publication and first book of prose, a multi-layered retrospective chronicle of his film documenting Allen Ginsberg’s visit to London for the Congress of The Dialectics of Liberation. Titled “Ah, Sunflower”, the film was commissioned by WDR in Köln and premiered in West Germany on..... More about The Kodak Mantra Diaries, October 1966 to June 1971