GIDRA: April 1974 issue
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This album shares the final issue of Gidra magazine (April 1974) as a part of the Japanese American National Museum's exhibition Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design & Activism in Post-War Los Angeles on view from October 15, 2011 to February 11, 2011.
Gidra Staff: Doug Aihara, Linda Fujikawa, Jeff Furumura, Bruce Iwasaki, Glen Iwasaki, David Monkawa, Mike Murase, Alan Ota, Alan Takemoto, Steve Tatsukawa, Dean Toji, and Evelyn Yoshimura. Contributors: Carrie Furuya, Peter Hata, Seigo Hayashi, Tomo Hisamoto, Tamiko Hirano, Eddie Ikuta, Stuart Iwasaki, Miller Jew, Duane Kubo, Dan Kuramoto, June Okida Kuramoto, Sharon Machida, Danny Matsumura, Ken Minamiji, Amy Murakami, Scott Nagatani, Teri Nitta, Alan Ohashi, Henry Omori, Linda Iwataki Omori, Merle Oyadomori, Susie Partridge, Val Sakanoi, Laura Tokunaga, Richard Tokunaga, Brian Wakano, Jerry Wong, Mike Yamamoto, Mike Yanagita, and others.
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Gidra was a monthly publication that called itself the “voice of the Asian American movement.” Founded by University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) students in April 1969, the magazine took a radically progressive political position, providing information about the movement not found elsewhere in the mainstream media. The magazine eventually moved off campus, operating out of a series of offices in the Crenshaw area until its last issue went to press in April 1974.
The magazine’s sixty issues offered news from the third world struggle perspective—aligning the Asian American movement not only with domestic empowerment movements like the Black Power, Chicano, and Native American movements but also the international struggles of oppressed peoples in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Gidra addressed issues like drug abuse in the Asian American community, news about the Vietnam War and the anti-war movement, prison conditions, and the redevelopment of Little Tokyo, among other issues. Art, especially poetry and drawing, were integrated into every issue of the magazine; such creative expressions were crucial to articulating a nascent Asian American identity and were intertwined with the political goals of the movement.
The magazine was edited by a changing, non-hierarchical collective that included individuals like Mike Murase, Doug Aihara, Evelyn Yoshimura, Steve Tatsukawa, and Bruce Iwasaki, along with a roster of talented graphic designers and artists that included Alan Takemoto, Dean Toji, David Monkawa, and Glenn Iwasaki.
[Gift of Janice Diane Tanaka, Japanese American National Museum (90.8.1)]
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Page 1Includes: - “Toward Barefoot Journalism” by Mike Murase reflecting on Gidra’s 5-year life and the decision to suspend publication |
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Page 2Includes: - Table of Contents - final message from the Gidra staff - On the Scene: The Oil Issue by John Ohta |
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Page 3Includes: - On the Scene: * The Oil Issue by John Ohta (continued) * Pagkakaisa: Building Unity * Long March Harassed |
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Page 4Includes: - On the Scene: * Long March Harassed (continued) * Dumping on Nixon * The Grassroots: Southwest Community Council * Omai Faatasi Storefront: Coming Together * Manzanar: 1974 |
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Page 5Includes: - "The Final Venomouse Jabberwocky: Feverish Grunts on the Movement and The Word" by Bruce Iwasaki |
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Page 6Includes: - "Funk and Soul on the Koto" by June Okida Kuramoto with Evelyn Yoshimura. |
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Page 7Includes: - "Funk and Soul on the Koto" (continued) by June Okida Kuramoto with Evelyn Yoshimura. |
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Page 8Includes: - "Funk and Soul on the Koto" (continued) by June Okida Kuramoto with Evelyn Yoshimura. Includes illustration by Dan Kuramoto. |
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Page 9Includes: - "Raga" by Song Fong - "Muse" poem by Bruce Iwasaki - "sandman" poem by Laura Tokunaga |
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Page 10Includes: - "Rock—We’ve Just Begun" by Peter Hata |
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Page 11Includes: - "Soft Space" illustrations by Glen Iwasaki |
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Page 12Includes: - "The Four Walls of Tommy Lo" by Tommy Lo |
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Page 13Includes: - "The Prisons and the Asian American" by Judy Chu |
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Page 14Includes: - "The Prisons and the Asian American" by Judy Chu (continued) |
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Page 15Includes: - "The Hitchhike" fiction by Mike Yamamoto |
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Page 16Includes: - "The Hitchhike" fiction by Mike Yamamoto (continued) with illustration by Takemoto |
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Page 17Includes: - "Shots" photography by Alan Ohashi & Ed Ikuta |
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Page 18Includes: - "Shots" photography by Alan Ohashi & Ed Ikuta (continued) |
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Page 19Includes: - "Shots" photography by Alan Ohashi & Ed Ikuta (continued) |
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Page 20Includes: - "Where Do We Go From Here?" by Mo Nishida |
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Page 21Includes: - "Where Do We Go From Here?" by Mo Nishida (continued) - "Ode to our partners" by Marc/Tien de Harlem, NY - 2 more poems |
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Page 22Includes: - "Ain't I a Woman?" by Linda Iwataki Omori |
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Page 23Includes: - "Ain't I a Woman?" by Linda Iwataki Omori (continued) |
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Page 24Includes: - "Ain't I a Woman?" by Linda Iwataki Omori (continued) - "Sister, Para Nuestra Hermanas" poem |
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Page 25Includes: - "Minamiji's Things" illustration by Ken Minamiji |
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Page 26Includes: - "Kelso Hashimoto" fiction by Alan Ota |
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Page 27Includes: - "Kelso Hashimoto" fiction by Alan Ota (continued) |
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Page 28Includes: - “People: We’re All Human—A look at movement standards” by Doug Aihara - “I Believe” poetry by Doug - “The City” poetry by Doug |
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Page 29Includes: - “There”s a Tunnel at the End of the Tunnel—The War Drags On” by Tom Hayden |
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Page 30Includes: - “There”s a Tunnel at the End of the Tunnel—The War Drags On” by Tom Hayden (continued) |
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Page 31Includes: - “There”s a Tunnel at the End of the Tunnel—The War Drags On” by Tom Hayden (continued) - “Twelve Thoughts on Becoming Extinct” poetry by Marsha Takayanagi about outmarriage |
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Page 32Includes: - "Gidra Graphics" - cartoons by Glen Iwasaki and Mike Murase |
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Page 33Includes: - "Gidra Graphics" (continued) - cartoon and photo |
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Page 34Includes: - “Toward Barefoot Journalism” (continued from page 1) by Mike Murase reflecting on Gidra’s 5-year life and the decision to suspend publication, includes reproductions of page 1 & 2 from the very first issue. |
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Page 35Includes: - “Toward Barefoot Journalism” (continued from page 34) by Mike Murase reflecting on Gidra’s 5-year life and the decision to suspend publication, includes reproductions of page 3 & 4 from the very first issue. |
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Page 36Includes: - “Toward Barefoot Journalism” (continued from page 35) by Mike Murase reflecting on Gidra’s 5-year life and the decision to suspend publication. - Photos: 1) Demonstration against Hayakawa at Disneyland (April, 1969) by M. Murase 2) Van Troi Anti-Imperialist Youth Brigade at the Nisei Week parade burning … |
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Page 37Includes: - “Toward Barefoot Journalism” (continued from page 36) by Mike Murase reflecting on Gidra’s 5-year life and the decision to suspend publication. - Photo: Pat Sumi addresses Asian Strike Committee rally at UCLA (May 1970) by M. Murase |
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Page 38Includes: - “Toward Barefoot Journalism” (continued from page 37) by Mike Murase reflecting on Gidra’s 5-year life and the decision to suspend publication. - Photos: 1) Children at Coliseum Street School (June 1969) by M. Murase 2) Community Day in Little Tokyo (June 1971) by A. Ohashi |
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Page 39Includes: - “Toward Barefoot Journalism” (continued from page 38) by Mike Murase reflecting on Gidra’s 5-year life and the decision to suspend publication. - Photos: 1) Anti-war demonstration in San Francisco (December 1969) by R. Okamura 2) San Francisco Chinatown (March 1970) by G. Hayashi 3) Dancing … |
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Page 40Includes: - “Gidra people” - the left half of a full-page spread photograph of Gidra staff with a listing of their names. On this page are pictured: Jeff Furumura, Linda Fujikawa, Evelyn Yoshimura, Bruce Iwasaki, Alan Ota, Alan Takemoto |
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Page 41Includes: - “Gidra people” - the right half of a full-page spread photograph of Gidra staff with a listing of their names. On this page are pictured: Glen Iwasaki, Dean Toji, Steve Tatsukawa, Doug Aihara, David Monkawa, Carrie Furuya, and Mike Murase. |
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Page 42Includes: - “Toward Barefoot Journalism” (continued from page 39) by Mike Murase reflecting on Gidra’s 5-year life and the decision to suspend publication. - Photos: 1) Asian American contingent marching down Wilshire Boulevard as part of nation-wide demonstration against the [Vietnam] war (April 22, 1972) by M. Murase … |
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Page 43Includes: - “Toward Barefoot Journalism” (continued from page 42) by Mike Murase reflecting on Gidra’s 5-year life and the decision to suspend publication. - Photos: 1) People dancing at the park to celebrate a “community union” (1972) by M. Murase 2) Tourists and residents of Little Tokyo (March … |
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Page 44Includes: - “Toward Barefoot Journalism” (continued from page 43) by Mike Murase reflecting on Gidra’s 5-year life and the decision to suspend publication. - Illustrations/cartoons by: David Monkawa, Dean Toji, Alan Takemoto, Glen Iwasaki |
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Page 45Includes: - “Toward Barefoot Journalism” (continued from page 44) by Mike Murase reflecting on Gidra’s 5-year life and the decision to suspend publication. - Photos: 1) Participants at the Fourth Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage rally around signs of ten World War II concentration camps (April 14, 1973) by E. Ikuta … |
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Page 46Includes: - “Toward Barefoot Journalism” (continued from page 45 - final page) by Mike Murase reflecting on Gidra’s 5-year life and the decision to suspend publication. |
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Page 47Includes: - “What Gidra Means to Me” by Gidra Staff - “An ‘Old Staffer’ Reflects” by Seigo Hayashi |
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Page 48Includes: - “On Strike! Shut It Down!” edited from The Guardian, Hawaii Bureau about Hawaii’s plantation strikes |
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Page 49Includes: - “Cruising on Peruvian Flake: In Search of Truth and Soul on the West Coast” fiction by Steve Tatsukawa - Illustration by Glen Iwasaki |
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Page 50Includes: - “Cruising on Peruvian Flake: In Search of Truth and Soul on the West Coast” (continued) fiction by Steve Tatsukawa |
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Page 51Includes: - “Cruising on Peruvian Flake: In Search of Truth and Soul on the West Coast” (continued from page 50) fiction by Steve Tatsukawa - Illustration |
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Page 52Includes: - “Cruising on Peruvian Flake: In Search of Truth and Soul on the West Coast” (continued from page 51) fiction by Steve Tatsukawa - Illustration |
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Page 53Includes: - “Cruising on Peruvian Flake: In Search of Truth and Soul on the West Coast” (continued from page 52) fiction by Steve Tatsukawa |
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Page 54Includes: - “Cruising on Peruvian Flake: In Search of Truth and Soul on the West Coast” (continued from page 53) fiction by Steve Tatsukawa - Illustration |
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Page 55Includes: - “Cruising on Peruvian Flake: In Search of Truth and Soul on the West Coast” (continued from page 54) fiction by Steve Tatsukawa |
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Page 56Includes: - “Cruising on Peruvian Flake: In Search of Truth and Soul on the West Coast” (continued from page 55) fiction by Steve Tatsukawa |
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Page 57Includes: - “Cruising on Peruvian Flake: In Search of Truth and Soul on the West Coast” (continued from page 56 - last page) fiction by Steve Tatsukawa - Illustration |
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Page 58Includes: - “Drawings” by Alan Takemoto |
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Page 59Includes: - “Drawings” (continued from page 58) by Alan Takemoto |
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Page 60Includes: - “Drawings” (continued from page 59) by Alan Takemoto |
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Page 61Includes: - “Colonized Mentality” by JACS Writing Team |
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Page 62Includes: - “Colonized Mentality” (continued from page 61) by JACS Writing Team |
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Page 63Includes: - “Colonized Mentality” (continued from page 62) by JACS Philosophy Writing Team |
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Page 64Includes: - “Colonized Mentality” (continued from page 63) by JACS Philosophy Writing Team - Poetry: * “Balikhayan” by Philip V. Vera Cruz * “Crashing Through” by Anon. Sansei * “Abortion” by Mei Berssenbrugge (copyright 1973) * Untitled by Mei Berssenbrugge (copyright 1973) * “Liberation” by John Tanaka * “garuda” … |
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Page 65Includes: - “A Letter to a Community Worker” by Shin'ya Ono |
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Page 66Includes: - “Third World People: Shoulder to Shoulder”—A Historical Basis for Third World Unity by Pat Sumi |
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Page 67Includes: - “The Korean People” by Sam Rhee - “Third World People: Shoulder to Shoulder”—A Historical Basis for Third World Unity by Pat Sumi (continued from page 66) |
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Page 68Includes: - “The Arrow” graphic art by Richard Tokunaga |
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Page 69Includes: - “Cable TV Meets the Community” by Duane Kubo & Eddie Wong |
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Page 70Includes: - “Cable TV Meets the Community” (continued from page 69) by Duane Kubo & Eddie Wong |
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Page 71Includes: - “Cable TV Meets the Community” (continued from page 70) by Duane Kubo & Eddie Wong |
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Page 72Includes: - “Gidra Graphics” by Various Artists |
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Page 73Includes: - “Gidra Graphics” (continued from page 72) by Various Artists |
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Page 74Includes: - “At the Stronghold” poetry by Lawson Inada |
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Page 75Includes: - “At the Stronghold” poetry by Lawson Inada (continued from page 74) |
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Page 76Includes: - “Agape Fellowship—the new Christian community” by Bill Watanabe |
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Page 77Includes: - “Lessons in Community Organizing” by Jerry Wong |
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Page 78Includes: - “Gidra Thanks” by Gidra Staff - assorted ads |
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