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36x22 cm (14x8"), 12 sheets, printed in various colors, fastened with a metal clip, as issued. First Edition.

After declaring 'The Death of the Hippie' in the summer of 1967, the anarchist collective The Diggers officially morphed into The Free City Collective, a San Francisco community based group, staging free events and poetry readings throughout the city. They created the Free Food Program, distributing food to communes and others in need. In 1967 the Diggers appropriated the equipment formerly used to produce the Communication Company bulletins, and the new Free City Collective used these machines to create the Free City News sheets, distributing them for free. The sheets were eventually collected into 2 sets, each fastened together with a metal clip. This is set #2. Brautigan's poem 'Spinning Like a Ghost on the Bottom of a Top' is featured on one of the sheets. Scarce.