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<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Ob-rag-vol4-no3.jpeg|thumbnail|right|OB Rag - Vol.4 No.2 - early October 1973]] -->The '''OB Rag''' (originally the OB People's Rag) was an underground newspaper <ref>{{cite web|title= List of Underground Newspapers|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_underground_newspapers|website=Wikipedia}}</ref> published between 1970 and 1975 <ref>{{cite web|title=About The O.B. People's Rag. (Ocean Beach, Calif.) 1970-1975|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94023925/|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> in the Ocean Beach Neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=The San Diego Door|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_San_Diego_Door|website=Wikipedia}}</ref> The O in the title is also a peace symbol. Other San Diego |
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Ob-rag-vol4-no3.jpeg|thumbnail|right|OB Rag - Vol.4 No.2 - early October 1973]] -->The '''OB Rag''' (originally the OB People's Rag) was an underground newspaper <ref>{{cite web|title= List of Underground Newspapers|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_underground_newspapers|website=Wikipedia}}</ref> published between 1970 and 1975 <ref>{{cite web|title=About The O.B. People's Rag. (Ocean Beach, Calif.) 1970-1975|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94023925/|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> in the Ocean Beach Neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=The San Diego Door|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_San_Diego_Door|website=Wikipedia}}</ref> The O in the title is also a peace symbol. Other San Diego underground newspapers that dealt with similar issues include the [[San Diego Free Press]] and [[the San Diego Door]] |
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The original staff was a small collection of activists who lived on Etiwanda St in Northeast Ocean Beach. Most of the original group were recent graduates of the [[University of California]] and veterans of the |
The original staff was a small collection of activists who lived in a collective house on Etiwanda St in Northeast Ocean Beach. Most of the original group were recent graduates of the [[University of California]] and veterans of the [[Vietnam War opposition]] movement. They published Volume 1 Number 1 in September 1970.<ref>{{cite web|title=1st OB Rag History|url=http://obrag.org/?page_id=26|website=OB Rag}}</ref> A major early issue for the OB Rag was the fight to save Collier Park on land that had been donated to the City by [[David Charles Collier]]. A riot in Collier Park on March 28, 1971 was covered in detail by the Rag.<ref>{{cite web|title=Collier Park|url=http://obrag.org/?page_id=51|website=OB Rag}}</ref> |
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The OB Rag was subjected to arrests by local police <ref>{{cite web|title=Berkeley Barb Nov 19-25 - Screws Turn Screws in Dago1971|url=http://voices.revealdigital.com/cgi-bin/independentvoices?a=d&d=BFBJFGD19711119.1.6&srpos=11&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-ob+rag--------------1#|website=Independent Voices}}</ref>, and harassment and spying by the FBI. Shots were fired into an activist house in Ocean Beach, allegedly carried out by paramilitary vigilantes calling themselves the Secret Army Organization (SAO). |
The OB Rag was subjected to arrests by local police <ref>{{cite web|title=Berkeley Barb Nov 19-25 - Screws Turn Screws in Dago1971|url=http://voices.revealdigital.com/cgi-bin/independentvoices?a=d&d=BFBJFGD19711119.1.6&srpos=11&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-ob+rag--------------1#|website=Independent Voices}}</ref>, and harassment and spying by the FBI. Shots were fired into an activist house in Ocean Beach, allegedly carried out by paramilitary vigilantes calling themselves the Secret Army Organization (SAO). |
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The OB Rag (originally the OB People's Rag) was an underground newspaper [1] published between 1970 and 1975 [2] in the Ocean Beach Neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States.[3] The O in the title is also a peace symbol. Other San Diego underground newspapers that dealt with similar issues include the San Diego Free Press and the San Diego Door
The original staff was a small collection of activists who lived in a collective house on Etiwanda St in Northeast Ocean Beach. Most of the original group were recent graduates of the University of California and veterans of the Vietnam War opposition movement. They published Volume 1 Number 1 in September 1970.[4] A major early issue for the OB Rag was the fight to save Collier Park on land that had been donated to the City by David Charles Collier. A riot in Collier Park on March 28, 1971 was covered in detail by the Rag.[5]
The OB Rag was subjected to arrests by local police [6], and harassment and spying by the FBI. Shots were fired into an activist house in Ocean Beach, allegedly carried out by paramilitary vigilantes calling themselves the Secret Army Organization (SAO).
Revival
The OB Rag was revived twenty-six years later with paper editions published in Ocean Beach between 2001 and 2003 by members of the Ocean Beach Grassroots Organization (OBGO).[7] The OB Rag has been online at OBRag.org since 2007. In June 2011 members of the OB Rag helped relaunch the San Diego Free Press as an online publication.[8]
Notes
- ^ "List of Underground Newspapers". Wikipedia.
- ^ "About The O.B. People's Rag. (Ocean Beach, Calif.) 1970-1975". Library of Congress.
- ^ "The San Diego Door". Wikipedia.
- ^ "1st OB Rag History". OB Rag.
- ^ "Collier Park". OB Rag.
- ^ "Berkeley Barb Nov 19-25 - Screws Turn Screws in Dago1971". Independent Voices.
- ^ "How OBGO brought back the Rag and the "California Energy Crisis"". OB Rag.
- ^ "About the San Diego Free Press". San Diego Free Press.