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Counterculture

Woodstock Film Fest -- William Kunstler

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Counterculture, Bill Kunstler, 1960s, Radicalism, William Kunstler, American Indian Movement, Chicago 7, Vietnam War, William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe, New York News
Stewart Nusbaumer

A sensitive, truthful, insightful film about a lawyer who stood at the center of a confrontational movement as it spearheaded a political assault on injustice in America from Vietnam to the Chicago 7.

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Baby Boomers and Hippies Were Not the Same

Paul Krassner | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Counterculture, 1960s, Barack Obama, Hippies, Boomers, Chez Pazienza, Politics News
Paul Krassner

It gives me a sense of hope, as well as a sense of continuity, that countercultural values have "infiltrated" mainstream awareness.

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Wrong Turn at Paradise: Woodstock at 40

James Block | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Counterculture, Woodstock, Materialism, Woodstock Anniversary, Entertainment News
James Block

The lump in the collective throat on this anniversary is commentary on what we chose instead.

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The Specter of the Counterculture II: The Cunning of Desire

James Block | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Counterculture, Political Psychology, Psychopolitics, Culture Wars, The Cultural Right, Politics News
James Block

In the decades since the 1960s counterculture, our hypocrisy has grown, not from some native evil, but from an unrelenting sense of confusion and entrapment.

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Revenge of Gen-X: What Movies About the 80s Mean

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Counterculture, Civil Rights Movement, The 70s, The 60s, Vietnam, The 80s, Mccarthyism, The 50s, Eisenhower Era, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

In case you needed proof that Hollywood is dominated by and aimed at people in their 30s and early 40s, look at all the movies about the 1980s currently on screens.

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An Interesting Walk Through Counterculture

Al Seckel | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Counterculture, Obama, California, Barack Obama, Venice, Politics News
Al Seckel

I took my first walk down the boardwalk since Obama became president. Gone was most of the anti-establishment merchandise. Replacing it was merchandise filled with "Hope."

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Interview with an Investigative Satirist

Paul Krassner | Posted 03.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Abortion, Lsd, Atheism, Weather Underground Press, Cia, 9/11, Disneyland, Yippies, Counterculture, Timothy Leary, The Realist, Satire, Charles Manson, Groucho Marx, Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garca, Media News
Paul Krassner

I thought that some of you might enjoy this Q&A with me in The Sun magazine, an oasis in the desert of gossip mongering And while I'm here in Blogsvi...

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The Progressive Dilemma

James Block | Posted 01.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Barack Obama, Counterculture, Ronald Reagan, Obama Presidency, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Inglehart, Chicago News
James Block

Many progressives are anxious and even skeptical about the emerging Obama administration. As a card-carrying devotee of the (cardless) progressive movement, I sympathize.

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Why Save Capitalism?

Stephen Mo Hanan | Posted 01.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Counterculture, Greed, Economy, Psychology, Spirituality and Consumerism, Militarism, Love, Spirituality, Sermon on the Mount, Business News
Stephen Mo Hanan

Consumers everywhere are in revolt. Not so much from choice as necessity. But what if we noticed that paying attention to real people was more rewarding than shopping or TV?

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Making Sense of the Sixties: Reflections for the 40th Reunion of the Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 1968

Stephen Mo Hanan | Posted 12.19.2008 | Style

Read More: Counterculture, 1960s, The Sixties, Loose Morals, 1968, Counter Culture, Gop, Rebelling, Harvard, Hippies, Style News
Stephen Mo Hanan

The dress, music, drugs and loose morals of the emerging counterculture must have looked to a Sixties puritan like a reversion to chaotic paganism.

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Woman Of Style Faith-Ann Young: Counterculture Is Back

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 04.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Slideshow, Faith-Ann Young, Lesley Blume, Hendrix, Vogue, Client 9, Birkin Bag, Jon Favreau, The Doors, Music, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Jim Morrison, Barack Obama, Bjork, The Hamptons, Counterculture, Style, Frida Kahlo, Ali Mcgraw, Designers, Fashion, Stephan Wuerth, Living News
Lesley M. M. Blume

Produced, directed, and reported by Lesley M. M. Blume Photography by Stephan Wuerth Photo assistant: William Taylor You can probably sense it: this...

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