Flyer: The Committee to Defend the Conspiracy

N.p.: Committee to Defend the Conspiracy, [1969]. Broadside, with text offset printed in black on white stock, measuring 10" x 8.5". Two thin razor cuts (neither affecting legibility); Very Good. Announcement written not long after the formation of the Committee to Defend the Conspiracy, stating their intentions toward assisting the Chicago 8 (aka Conspiracy 8) defendants: Bobby Seale, Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, David Dellinger, Jerry Rubin, and Lee Weiner. "The undersigned have formed a Committee to Defend the Conspiracy. Through newspaper ads and mailings we intend to raise funds urgently needed for the legal defense of these (truncated) eight men and to clarify the critical political and civil libertarian issues at stake." Among the undersigned are Peter Babcox, Julian Bond, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Judy Collins, Norman Mailer, Susan Sontag, I.F. Stone, and others. 83872. (Inventory #: 83872)