I dropped $80 on what claimed to be a full archive of banned campus newspapers from the 60s and 70s. Turned out it was just poorly scanned PDFs you can find for free on some library websites. Anyone else get burned buying into these so-called "rare" collections?
I signed up for this site called Global Underground Press last fall after seeing it shared in a few forums. Paid $150 for a year access thinking I'd get rare zines and censored pamphlets from places like Myanmar and Iran. Turns out half their PDFs were just screenshots of Wikipedia articles with the URLs cropped out. I found one "exclusive" document that I recognized from a public library archive I visited back in 2019. Emailed their support twice and never got a reply. Anyone else run into a scam like this pushing recycled content as original? Feels like these folks are cashing in on people who genuinely want to support independent media.
I was digging through an archive of independent press stuff last week (always a fun time) and found a newsletter from call center employees. They talked about how managers spy on breaks to cut pay. It's crazy how this stuff gets buried by corporate media. My cousin works in a similar place and says the same tactics are used now. These underground docs are vital for workers to share real stories. Without them, we'd only hear the shiny version from the top. Saving these pieces is a act of resistance, plain and simple.