Berkeley Barb

Berkeley Barb
Berkeley Barb, vol. 5, no. 9 (1967), depicting Lyndon Johnson dressed as Timothy Leary.
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid/Alternative newspaper
Founder(s)Max Scherr
PublisherMax Scherr
FoundedAugust 1965
Ceased publication1980
HeadquartersBerkeley, California
Circulation85,000 (1970)[1]
ISSN0005-9161
Websitehttp://www.berkeleybarb.net

The Berkeley Barb was a weekly underground newspaper published in Berkeley, California, during the years 1965 to 1980. It was one of the first and most influential of the counterculture newspapers, covering such subjects as the anti-war movement and Civil Rights Movement, as well as the social changes advocated by youth culture.

  1. ^ Levin, Bob. The Pirates and the Mouse: Disney's War Against The Underground (Fantagraphics Books, 2003), p. 41.