"Law Harasses Underground Papers" by Thorne Dreyer, pp. 255-257 Staff split and feminist takeover Among the next several issues published was the highly controversial photo Dead Pig, portraying the scene where a Berkeley police officer was killed on University Avenue in South Berkeley the previous week. This caused the majority of editorial staff to depart the newspaper. It was at this point more than half of the staff and editorial board resigned in protest of the cover and the underground newspaper was taken over by the radical feminist faction; very few of the production staff left.Berkeley Tribe then began publishing original communiques from Weather Underground, including the Declaration of War written by Bernardine Dohrn and others claiming responsibility for the numerous bombings and arson attacks around the Bay Area. The special Black Panther Party issue promoting the United Front Against Fascism Conference in Oakland saw the departure of several staff members. With declining ad revenues to underwrite weekly $1100 printing bills, fewer issues were printed and circulation declined. Over time, the paper's news articles suffered, degenerating into diatribes but with still excellent graphics and layout. The Berkeley Tribe disbanded within two years, ending four years of the underground weekly, eclipsing the Berkeley Barb. The Barb would continue with Max Scherr, ending its publishing life as a sex trade publication in 1980. Wendy McElroy. XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography, 1995. Chapter 7. See also San Francisco Oracle East Village Other'' Underground Press Syndicate Underground press List of underground newspapers of the 1960s counterculture References External links Liberation News Service Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Mass media in Berkeley, California Newspapers published in the San Francisco Bay Area Defunct newspapers published in California Publications established in 1969 Publications disestablished in 1972 Publishing companies based in Berkeley, California History of Berkeley, California Culture of Berkeley, California Politics of the San Francisco Bay Area New Left Counterculture of the 1960s Weekly newspapers published in California