International Times Maya 5 June 1975 Hawkwind Nik Turner interview Biba Apple Maya Gandalfs Garden

International Times it Vol 3 No 1 / Maya 5; June 1975: ”it’s back: In 10 years of the battle for an alternative society many standards lie amongst the carnage – Gandalf’s Garden, UFO, Frendz, Implosions, Middle Earth, Arts Lab, White Panther Party, Ceres, Apple, Biba’s, Lord Kitchener’s valet. When Time Out rang the other day to ask why we were bringing out IT Steve said: ‘We found this banner lying on the battlefield. Nobody else was carrying it and waving it about. The last IT appeared in August 1974. Maya - Free Nation News appeared in September 1974 and has, since then, been the only national underground paper. After much consultation it was decided that IT- the first and undoubtedly the greatest British alternative paper - should not be allowed to die. Maya has gladly given IT pride of place on our masthead. In future issues the Maya content of the paper will decrease. It is our intention that IT shall be a sheet paper. We are not interested in an intellectual wank for Hampstead.”

Amsterdam; Baader-Meinhoff: Solidat mit der R.A.F! Prince of Wales Crescent squatting; Self-sufficient rural commune –the need for radical communities to bring about a fusion of urban and rural bases; Radio Concord; Ethics – by R. Buckminster Fuller; Maya by Mike Lesser; Peoples Free Festival, Brighton. Windsor Free Festival – Ubi Dwer jailed; an interview with Nik Turner (Hawkwind); David Solomon / George Andrews – Coca in Cola / Drugs and Magic; ancient Ginseng – Lee Harris; a muse/poem on Magic Mushrooms by Heathcote Williams; The absurdity of Marxism; Leaving the 20th Century – the incomplete work of the Situationist International, ed: Christopher Gray.

All IT mags are normally packed in high quality rigid PIP box mailers but this one will not fit so has to go folded.

Magazines are placed in cellophane bags and then taped inside the mailer to keep it free from corners where damage can occur.