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 7, Number 1
Post Amerikan
Fire Fighters Strike, Food: A Special 17-Page Section, Paraquat & Pot
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Volume 7, Number 4
Post Amerikan
The Sordid Story of Home Rentals, Trailer Court Water, Normal Mall, Gynecology
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Volume 7, Number 5
Post Amerikan
The Springfield Smoke-In: Hot Cops 'n' Pot, Home Rentals Picket, MEG, Abortion, Gays
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Volume 7, Number 9
Post Amerikan
P-A Prints Trash, MEG's Garbage Swiped, No-Nukes Go to Court, Heterosexuals Commit Crimes
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Volume 8, Number 1
Post Amerikan
Nuclear Power Leaks, Gay Bar Opened Up, Daluga Shooting Covered Up, Jail Shakedown Trumped Up
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Volume 8, Number 2
Post Amerikan
Ten Years After: Gay Pride Marches On, My Son the Gay Person, Lesbian Mothers, Gay Rage, Dumpsters, Turkey Busts, Retraction, Stateville, County Jail
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Volume 8, Number 3
Post Amerikan
City Water: Is It Safe?, Pontiac Trials, WRBA Racism, Dumpsters, Drinking Age
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Volume 8, Number 4
Post Amerikan
Cops Lie in Wait for Young "Criminals," The Draft, Thorazine, Channel 43, Gay Mother, M.E.G.
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Volume 8, Number 5
Post Amerikan
Pontiac Prisoners, Campbell, Hot Dead Monkeys, Porcine Landlords, Busted White Hen
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Volume 8, Number 8
Post Amerikan
Pontiac Prisoners on Trial, Fire Hits Prison Bus: Survivors Tell Story, Narc Pix, BJHS Rules, Car Tax, Video Xians [Christians], Bus Transfer Center
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Volume 8, Number 9
Post Amerikan
Say No to the Draft, Tensions Build in Illinois Prisons, Gays Protest Movies, Snitch Spills Beans, Gen Tel Screws Up
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Volume 9, Number 1
Post Amerikan
He Died for Your Teeth, Compost, Missiles, Nukes, Jails, Mortgages, Pigheads, Nuts
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Volume 9, Number 2
Post Amerikan
Fundamentalism: The New Fascism?, Miller Park, God, Campbell, Bongs, CBS vs. Gays, Pontiac Acquittal
