IT INTERNATIONAL TIMES UK UNDERGROUND PAPER NO 81 JUNE 18TH – JULY 3RD 1970

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IT INTERNATIONAL TIMES UK UNDERGROUND PAPER NO 81 JUNE 18TH – JULY 3RD 1970Ā 

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William Burroughs ā€“ answers criticisms of new book ā€˜The Joā€™b by Julian Mitchellā€™s Guardian review; Tuli Kupferberg – letter from New York; Abbie Hoffman ā€“Extract from Woodstock Nation; Holland ā€“ā€˜The Goblins have arrivedā€™ 50,000 vote for De Kabouter Kommen party; A GTO is an average Hollywood child; Underground publishing in Manchester;

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ITĀ  INTERNATIONAL TIMES

International TimesĀ (itĀ orĀ IT) is the name of variousĀ underground newspapers, with the original title founded inĀ LondonĀ in 1966 and running until October 1973. Editors includedĀ Hoppy,Ā David Mairowitz,Ā Roger Hutchinson,[1]Ā Peter Stansill,Ā Barry Miles,Ā Jim Haynesand playwrightĀ Tom McGrath. Jack Moore, avant-garde writerĀ William LevyĀ andĀ Mick Farren, singer ofĀ The Deviants, also edited at various periods.

The paperā€™s logo is a black-and-white image ofĀ Theda Bara, vampish star ofĀ silent films. The foundersā€™ intention had been to use an image of actressĀ Clara Bow, 1920sĀ It girl, but a picture of Theda Bara was used by accident and, once deployed, not changed.Ā Paul McCartneyĀ donated to the paperĀ [2]Ā as didĀ Allen GinsbergĀ through his Committee on Poetry foundation.

The IT restarted first as an online archive in 2008, a move arranged by former IT editor and contributorĀ Mike LesserĀ and financed byĀ LittlewoodsĀ heir James Moores[3], and in 2011 relaunched as an online magazine publishing new material, following a suggestion by Lesser to poet and actorĀ Heathcote Williams[4]. Irish poet Niall McDevitt served as the first online editor of IT, a position later held by Heathcote Williams (editor-in-chief) until his death in 2017. Current editor-in-chief is Nick Victor[5]; contributing editors include Elena Caldera, Claire Palmer, David Erdos and Rupert Loydell.

International TimesĀ was launched on 15 October 1966 atĀ The RoundhouseĀ at an ā€˜All Night Raveā€™ featuringĀ Soft MachineĀ andĀ Pink Floyd. The event promised a ā€˜Pop/Op/Costume/Masque/Fantasy-Loon/Blowout/Drag Ballā€™ featuring ā€˜steel bands, strips, trips, happenings, moviesā€™.[citation needed]Ā The launch was described byĀ Daevid AllenĀ of Soft Machine as ā€œone of the two most revolutionary events in the history of English alternative music and thinking. TheĀ ITĀ event was important because it marked the first recognition of a rapidly spreading socio-cultural revolution that had its parallel in the States.ā€[6]

From April 1967, and for some while later, the police raided the offices ofĀ International TimesĀ to try, it was alleged, to force the paper out of business. A benefit event labelledĀ The 14 Hour Technicolor DreamĀ took place atĀ Alexandra PalaceĀ on 29 April 1967. Bands included Pink Floyd,Ā The Pretty Things,Ā The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Soft Machine,Ā The Move, and Sam Gopal Dream. Despite police harassment, the paper continued to grow, with financial help fromĀ Paul McCartney, a personal friend of editorĀ Barry Miles. Published fortnightly, it became the leading British underground paper, its circulation peaking at around 40,000 copies in late 1968/early 1969, before another police raid, along with competition from newer publications such asĀ Time OutĀ led to declining sales and a financial crisis.

In response to another raid on the paperā€™s offices, Londonā€™s alternative press on one occasion succeeded, somewhat astonishingly, in pulling off what was billed as a ā€œreprisal attackā€ on the policeā€”prompting theĀ Evening StandardĀ headlineĀ Raid on the Yard. The paperĀ Black DwarfĀ published a detailed floor-by-floor guide toĀ Scotland Yard, complete with diagrams, descriptions of locks on particular doors and snippets of overheard conversation in the offices ofĀ Special Branch. The anonymous author, or ā€œblue dwarf,ā€ as he styled himself, described how he perused police files, and even claimed to have sampled named brands ofĀ whiskyĀ in theĀ Commissionerā€˜s office. A day or two laterĀ The Daily TelegraphĀ announced that the ā€œraidā€ had forced the police to withdraw and re-issue all security passes.[7]

In 1970 a group of people fromĀ IT, led by photographer Graham Keen, launchedĀ Cyclops, ā€œThe First English Adult Comic Paper.ā€

ITĀ first ceased publication in October 1973, after being convicted for running contact ads for gay men. The name was revived by another publisher in May 1974 for three issues until October. In 1975,Ā Maya, another underground publication, temporarily renamed itselfĀ IT ā€“ the International Times, until that title closed after the November issue. A new title of the same name launched the following month, continuing until March 1976 when it went into hiatus until resuming in January 1977, ceasing in August of that year.

Publications with theĀ International TimesĀ title were published from January to December 1978, and again from April 1979 to June 1980. A single ā€˜festival issueā€™ was produced in June 1982. The title was again revived in 1986, with three issues from January to March, the last time a paper publication of the IT name was printed.

In 2016, the 50th anniversary of the first copy of the magazine, further editions of a paper version of IT began to be published starting with issue Zero. These were edited by Heathcote Ruthven.

International Times has also published two books. Both are poetry collections ā€“Ā Royal BabylonĀ by Heathcote Williams, an attack on the British Monarchy, andĀ PorterlooĀ by Niall McDevitt, a book satirising the Conservative Party and registering the counterculture of 2011-12.

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