Inspiration Books East, Inc. or IBE, Inc. was founded in 1980 out of Jemison, Alabama. IBE is an independent (meaning that it is not affiliated with a particular church or sect) Christian publication that covers a range of topics from religious conspiracies, the coming apocalypse, angels and self-help.

It is hard to find much information online but according to IBE’s website:

“For more than 25 years, IBE has been publishing the “Good News” of Jesus Christ, with special emphasis upon “the sure word of prophecy” foretelling the soon return of Christ to Earth as “King of kings” according to the promise of Scripture.”[1]

The images below come from a 1980s pamphlet about the New World Order, a conspiracy theory revolving around a small group of elites running the world.[2] Full text can be found here.

IBE Cover

IBE Back Cover

[1] http://theperfectstorm.inbookseast.org/aboutuspagehtml.html

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_%28conspiracy_theory%29

Political Affairs was started in 1944 by the Communist Party USA, in New York, New York as a replacement for the publication The Communist. Political Affairs was theoretical publication mostly intended for members of the Communist Party providing “Marxist perspectives on many contemporary issues.”[1] Founded in 1919, The Communist Party, USA is the largest communist party in the United States having about 2,000 members currently, but nearly 200,000 at its peak.[2]

Political Affairs (April 1984)

Political Affairs (December 1985)

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_Affairs_%28magazine%29

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_USA

In These Times was first started in 1976 by James Weinstein in Chicago, Illinois as a biweekly newspaper. Published by the Institute For Public Affairs, In These Times is now a magazine. [1] According to their website Weinstein started the left-wing progressive publication to “identify and clarify the struggles against corporate power now multiplying in American society.”[2] Over the years some well known people have contributed to the publication including: Garrison Keillor, Noam Chomsky and Kurt Vonnegut. In These Times “regularly reports on environmental issues, feminism, grassroots democracy, minority communities, progressive ideals and the media.”[3]

The issue shown below includes coverage of the National Women’s Conference held in Houston, Texas in 1977.

In These Times (December 1977)

In These Times (December 1977)

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_These_Times

[2] http://inthesetimes.com/about

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_These_Times

Methods of Survival If the Red Terror Should Strike or the Don Bell Report was published weekly started in the early 1950s by Time For Truth Press, an anti-communist publication established by Don Bell, Upton Close and George Deatherage.

Don Bell was a reporter and radio broadcaster working from the 1920s through the 1940s primarily in Asia. While working from the Philippines, Bell was interred after a Japanese invasion of the island and was thought to be dead.[1] After returning to the United States in the 1940s Bell had the following things to say:

“We were shocked, but we held our peace at the time. There was a war to finish and then, having settled permanently in the United States, we would study, and speak out against the forces that were destroying our country.”[2]

This lead to his publication of the Don Bell report, which he continued through the 1970s. The publication is primarily concerned about left wing policies within the United States, global communism and survival information for a nuclear war. The images below come from a book that contains all of the Don Bell Reports from 1955 and 1956.

Don Bell Report 1955-1956 Cover

Don Bell Report January 28, 1955

Don Bell Report January 28, 1955 Insert

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bell_%28radio_broadcaster%29

[2] http://www.kingsbenchletter.com/library/donbell/doc.php?v=23&n=52

This Magazine Is About Schools, is an alternative journal founded in Toronto, Canada in 1966. In 1973 the magazine changed its name to simple “This Magazine.” The left-wing progressive magazine is published bimonthly originally with a focus on education but since expanding to cover culture, arts and politics.

This Magazine Is About Schools Spring 1971 (cover)

This Magazine Is About Schools Spring 1971 (Article)

This Magazine is still published today: http://this.org/