''The Eugene Augur'' was a local countercultural
underground newspaper
The terms underground press or clandestine press refer to periodicals and publications that are produced without official approval, illegally or against the wishes of a dominant (governmental, religious, or institutional) group.
In specific rec ...
published in
Eugene, Oregon
Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.
As of the 2020 United States Census ...
, United States, from 1969 to 1974.
History
Starting with its first issue dated October 14, 1969, the ''Augur'', produced by a cooperative of left-wing political activists aligned with the antiwar movement, appeared twice a month, offering up a mix of
New Left
The New Left was a broad political movement mainly in the 1960s and 1970s consisting of activists in the Western world who campaigned for a broad range of social issues such as civil and political rights, environmentalism, feminism, gay rights, ...
politics and acid rock counterculture to an audience of students, hippies, radicals and disaffected working class youth in the Eugene area. The paper's coverage ranged from antiwar demonstrations, exposing local narcotics agents, and rock festivals, to the growth of backwoods communes in
Southern Oregon
Southern Oregon is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon south of Lane County and generally west of the Cascade Range, excluding the southern Oregon Coast. Counties include Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, and Josephine. It includes the Southern ...
and the annual
Oregon Renaissance Faire. In August 1972, the paper cut publication to a monthly schedule. Staffers included Peter Jensen and Jim Redden, son of a
prominent Oregon politician and later a reporter for the ''
Portland Tribune
The ''Portland Tribune'' is a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Pamplin Media Group, which publishes a number of community newspapers in the Portland metropolitan area. Launched ...
''.
["At This End of the Oregon Trail: The Eugene Augur, 1969-1974" by Peter Jensen, ''Voices from the Underground'', ed. Ken Wachsberger (Mica Press, 1993).]
See also
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List of underground newspapers of the 1960s counterculture
This is a partial list of the local underground newspapers launched during the Sixties era of the hippie/psychedelic/youth/counterculture/New Left/antiwar movements, approximately 1965–1972. This list includes periodically appearing papers of ge ...
References
Defunct newspapers published in Oregon
Mass media in Eugene, Oregon
Culture of Eugene, Oregon
1969 establishments in Oregon
1974 disestablishments in Oregon
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Newspapers established in 1969