Headpress 28: The Gospel According to Unpopular Culture (Headpress) [Paperback]

David Kerekes (Author), John Sinclair (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Headpress | Publication Date: November 8, 2008

THIS EDITION OF HEADPRESS HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED BY THE HEADPRESS PANTHERS The batton of the White Panthers is now in the hands of Headpress. John Sinclair, one of the founder members of the White Panthers political party in 1968, is the editor of Headpress 28. Mr Sinclair, a Detroit poet, one-time manager of the band MC5, became the focus of the counterculture and international media when John Lennon named a song after him and joined Stevie Wonder for a benefit concert to free him from jail. Headpress 28 marks the fortieth anniversary of the original White Panthers movement and heralds the launch of the HEADPRESS PANTHERS and THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO UNPOPULAR CULTURE, which fully endorses and supports the White Panther Party s 10-Point Program. We shall promote: Total assault on the culture by any means necessary Free exchange of energy and minerals Free land Free bread Free time and space for slow time/space travel (space permitting) Free structures free from floors between twelve and fourteen and no thirteen numbered rooms Free all prisoners everywhere

Editorial Reviews

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"Particularly bizarre, disturbing and sometimes delightful." -- Time Out

Pushing the right buttons on the wrong people. --Dazed and Confused

About the Author

Detroit poet, one-time manager of the band MC5, and leader of the White Panther Party from November 1968 to July 1969. He was jailed in 1969 after giving two joints of marijuana to an undercover narcotics officer. His case received international attention when John Lennon wrote a song for him and performed at a benefit concert on his behalf in 1971, alongside Stevie Wonder and Allen Ginsberg.

Co-founder of Headpress and co-author of the books SEE NO EVIL and KILLING FOR CULTURE. He has written for various publications both in the mainstream and alternative press. He remembers vividly the first albums he ever bought: Let It Be by the Beatles and Monster Mash by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers. Too young to fully appreciate one; too grown up to like much of the other.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Headpress (November 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1900486644
• ISBN-13: 978-1900486644
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,050,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)