The Post Amerikan began publication in 1972 in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. An underground, alternative newspaper, it was run collectively by volunteers and funded by subscriptions, ads sales, and community fundraisers. The paper was published from 1972 to 2004, making its 32 years the longest continuous publication run for any underground newspaper in America.
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Volume 4, Number 10
Post Amerikan
Normal P.D. Uses Dumdum Bullets, Walker/Mafia, County Jail Death, Kennedy Plot, West Siders Ripped Off Three Ways, Food Stamps, Urban Renewal, Property Tax, Secret Police, Fast Food
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Volume 4, Number 11
Post Amerikan
Tales from the Naked Bureaucracy, 3 Secret Reports, Narc Pix, Abortion Protest, E.R.A., Beichs, Free Food, County Board, V.D., Day Care
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Volume 4, Number 12
Post Amerikan
Mind Control: Fact or Fiction?, MEG's Edwards, Rental Discrimination, Public Aid, Helmets, Easton Trial, Warren Co. Sheriff, Kessler, Food Stamps, County Jail, Dumdums, Guatemala, Letters
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Volume 5, Number 1
Post Amerikan
Welcome Gay Sexuality Convention, MEG Dying, Vidette, Landlord, Warren Co. Sheriff, Post Reporter Assaulted, Pantagraph Ageism, House Rip Off, Mayday
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Volume 5, Number 2
Post Amerikan
Landlord, Music Co-op, Township Meets, M.E.G. Lies, Cancer, Post Poll, Owen's
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Volume 5, Number 3
Post Amerikan
You Can Help Stop Drug Busts!, Owen's, Welfare, ERA Rally, Harber Hall, Mayday, Lotsa Letters & More
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Volume 5, Number 4
Post Amerikan
Let's Celebrate 1976 with the Gumps!, New Nark Fotos, Cop Violence, Post Office-- and more
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Volume 5, Number 5
Post Amerikan
Swine Flu Strikes McLean County, Doctors, Ill. Power, Daycare, Beer, Indians, MEG & more
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Volume 5, Number 6
Post Amerikan
Manipulating Downtown Bloomington's Fate, March Against MEG!, Bus Stop, Nader, Sambo's, Illinois Power
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Volume 5, Number 7
Post Amerikan
Who Will Own the Sun?, March Pix, Teachers' Union, HRC, Gays, Slumlord
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Volume 5, Number 10
Post Amerikan
MEG, Don Stone Ford Inc., West Side, N.O.W. vs Pantagraph on Sexist Policy, CB Record Condemned for Stereotypes, Bank Takes Food from Workers' Mouths, Illinois Power Company Pied at Rate Hike Hearing, Bus, Recipes, Sewer, UFW Boycott, B-1 Bomber
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Volume 6, Number 2
Post Amerikan
Military Scavengers: The Real Welfare Thieves, Food Stamps: How to Get Them and Stay Sane, C.I.A.'s Colby, Ford Picket, Peace Meal, Illinois Power Lies
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Volume 6, Number 3
Post Amerikan
This issue is full of ... GARBAGE!, Pantagraph's Pages, Don Stone's Deals, Dozier's Letters, ISU's Quad, Feature: Low-Income Housing: Welfare for the Rich
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Volume 6, Number 4
Post Amerikan
Special Nuclear Energy Section, Housing Series Part 2, Mitzi Story Suppressed at BHS
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Volume 6, Number 5
Post Amerikan
Welcome Back to School, Shrinks: a Six Page Section, How Banks Control Housing
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Volume 6, Number 6
Post Amerikan
Workers in the fields, in textile mills, in schools, through CETA, on parade, in Sri Lanka; Accused Rofstad murderer may be innocent
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Volume 6, Number 7
Post Amerikan
You Won't Wait for the Bus in Front of My Business!, Battered Women: It Can Happen Here