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Asian American Little Magazines 1968-1974: By Amardeep Singh

Gidra 1.3

The third issue of Gidra contains the most detailed analysis of the Noguchi trial thus far in the magazine. It also has an account of an anti-war protest in "Occoupied Berkeley" on May 18, 1969, as well as ongoing developments in the growth of Asian American activism at UCLA.

Table of Contents:

Asian American Studient Alliance. An account of a meeting that led to the creation of two new student groups at UCLA, the Asian American Student Alliance and the Asian American Political Alliance.
The Persecution Rests by Seigo Hayashi. A journalist account of the trial of Thomas Nocuchi
CS, It's a Gas by Y. Chao. An account of an anti-war protest at Berkeley that took place on May 18, 1969.
Editorial: focused on the trial of Noguchi
Grapes Are Coming, by Suzi Wong. An account of labor conditions for agricultural workers in California
Reactions to Gidra. Snippets from established Asian (primarily Japanese American) magazines, including Kashu Mainichi, Crossroads, and Pacific Citizen.

Poems:
"Phases I, II & III" by Mary
"Think" by Lloyd Kajikawa
"I am Afraid" by Laura Ho
"When you have forgotten me" by Cher Oku
"Bitter!?" by Marc Kondo
"Fairfax & Yamamoto" by Eugene Goldman

Of the poems, the most notable might be "Fairfax and Yamamoto," a critique of the Japanese internment camps from the point of view of a Jewish observer.

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