Spider Webs in the Ivory Tower

“Scratch any college trustee and you’ll find an imperialist.” – Text, lower right.

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Description

This somewhat confusing anti-imperialist diagram provides tangible links between Boston’s foremost institutions of higher learning and various individuals and entities in government, finance, and major corporations. Laurence Rockefeller (board member, MIT) is presented as the ‘spider’ in the center of this web, “but Rockefeller lieutenants are all over this chart, as are Rockefeller-dominated firms.” Another case study, Lowell Tech, is provided to show that the problem is more widespread than just Boston.

The chart was published in October 1969 as the centerfold in Number 24 of The Old Mole, a self-described radical bi-weekly headquartered in Boston.

Map Details

Publication Date: 1969

Author: The Old Mole

Sheet Width (in): 22.6

Sheet Height (in): 17.5

Condition: A-

Condition Description: Centerfold image in a complete edition of The Old Mole. Printed on news sheet, creased and lightly toned. A few small tears and creases along the outer edges of the sheet, but in good to very good condition overall.

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