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Civil Rights Attorney J.L. Chestnut Dies
There never will be another like J.L. Chestnut
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I Met The Walrus
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview.
This is an incredible animation with a timeless message. In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel ro... more -
DNC Memorable Moments - Chicago 1968 - Dan Rather Punched (Video)
Much has been written on the 1968 convention, and many argue that the protests and riots surrounding the convention led to Richard Nixon securing his first term in the White House. Not really one moment, but the chaos through the entire convention will be remembered.
Dan Rather is punched while covering the convention:
Several videos and photos at the link. Much has been written on the 1968 convention, and many argue that the protests and riots surrounding the convention led to Richard Nix... more -
Unreleased Beatles recording discovered in attic
An unheard tape of the famous Liverpudlians has been found in the attic of an elderly Liverpudlian man.
The 30-minute recording hasn't been played since the 60s, not a surprise since it's on 1960's high-tech cassette tape cassette.
It does however contain some lovely unreleased versions of The Beatles' hits 'I Feel Fine' and 'I'm A Loser' and the band giggling like a group of schoolgirls. An unheard tape of the famous Liverpudlians has been found in the attic of an elderly Liverpudlian man. ... more -
Doctor Who composer's stash of hidden tracks
A collection of music recordings composed by the creator of the pioneering Doctor Who theme tune, which has been stashed away in an attic since the 1960s, has been unveiled for the first time. The experimental tracks were laid down by Delia Derbyshire, and include a dance track so ahead of its time Paul Hartnoll of dance group Orbital has said it could be 'coming out next week on Warp Records'.
Delia Derbyshire was employed in the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop in 1963 when she was given the score for a theme tune to the new science fiction series. She turned the pages of dots into the powerful, idiosyncratic Doctor Who title music we know today - although it is the score's author, Ron Grainer, who is credited as the composer.
Listen to some of the uncovered tracks at the link. A collection of music recordings composed by the creator of the pioneering Doctor Who theme tune, which has been stashed away in an at... more -
The Big Outcome of the '60s: The Triumph of Capitalism
if you find interesting adding Lacan to sociology and history, read the whole article.
"The commons of external nature are threatened by pollution and exploitation (from oil to forests and natural habitat itself); the commons of internal nature (the biogenetic inheritance of humanity) are threatened by technological interference; and the commons of culture -- the socialized forms of "cognitive" capital, primarily language, our means of communication and education, but also the shared infrastructure of public transport, electricity, post, etc. -- are privatized for profit. (If Bill Gates were to be allowed a monopoly, we would have reached the absurd situation in which a private individual would have owned the software texture of our basic network of communication.)
We are gradually becoming aware of the destructive potential, up to the self-annihilation of humanity itself, that could be unleashed if the capitalist logic of enclosing these commons is allowed a free run. " if you find interesting adding Lacan to sociology and history, read the whole article. ... more -
Get Together
This is a beautiful and relaxing background to the Youngblood's sixties song, Get Together. This was the one song I played over and over again when I was a child growing up in the late sixties. It was the anthem of the sixties. So feeling a bit nostalgic, I thought I would post it for anyone who may not have heard it before. And watching the waves in this video shows you the wisdom of the water in always staying fluid and peaceful. Enjoy. This is a beautiful and relaxing background to the Youngblood's sixties song, Get Together. This was the one song I played over a... more
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Tom Hayden reflects on Hillary Clinton's radical days
When Hillary Clinton raised the issue of Barak Obama's relationship with the Weather Underground's Bill Ayers in a debate just last week in Philadelphia, she neglected to mention her own political interests from the same period. Unlike Obama's relationship with Ayers, which was well after the maelstrom of the 1960s, Hillary's activities were more contemporary. Tom Hayden, a thoughtful participant in the heyday of the period, looks at what Hillary did and what relevance it has for this particular moment.
Why Hillary Makes My Wife Scream
Tom Hayden
My wife Barbara has begun yelling at the television set every time she hears Hillary Clinton. This is abnormal behavior, since Barbara is a meditative practitioner of everything peaceful and organic, and is inspired by Barack Obama's transformational appeal.
For Barbara, Hillary has become the screech on the blackboard. From First Lady to Lady Macbeth.
It's getting to me as well. Last year, I was somewhat reconciled to the prospect of supporting and pressuring Hillary as the nominee amidst the rising tide of my friends who already hated her, irrationally I thought. I was one of those people Barack accuses of being willing to settle. I even had framed a flattering autographed message from Hillary. But as the campaign has gone on and on, her signed portrait still leans against the wall in my study. I don't know where she belongs anymore.
At least Hillary was a known quantity in my life. I knew of the danger of her becoming more and more hawkish as she tried to break the ultimate glass ceiling. I also knew that she could be forced to change course if public opinion was fiercely opposed to the war. And I knew she was familiar with radical social causes from her own life experience in the sixties. So my progressive task seemed clear: help build an antiwar force powerful enough to make it politically necessary to end the war. Been there, done that. And in the process, finally put a woman in the White House. A soothing bonus.
But as the Obama campaign gained momentum, Hillary began morphing into the persona that has my pacifist wife screaming at the television set.
Going negative doesn't begin to describe what has happened. Hillary is going over the edge. Even worse are the flacks she sends before the cameras on her behalf, like that Kiki person, who smirks and shakes her head at the camera every time she fields a question. Or the real carnivores, like Howard Wolfson, Lanny Davis and James Carville, whose sneering smugness prevents countless women like my wife from considering Hillary at all.
To use the current terminology, Hillary people are bitter people, even more bitter than the white working-class voters Barack has talked about. Because they circle the wagons so tightly, they don't recognize how identical, self-reinforcing and out-of-touch they are. …
She was in Chicago for three nights during the 1968 street confrontations. She chaired the 1970 Yale law school meeting where students voted to join a national student strike again an "unconscionable expansion of a war that should never have been waged." She was involved in the New Haven defense of Bobby Seale during his murder trial in 1970, as the lead scheduler of student monitors. She surely agreed with Yale president Kingman Brewster that a black revolutionary couldn't get a fair trial in America.
Most significantly in terms of her recent attacks on Barack, after Yale law school, Hillary went to work for the left-wing Bay Area law firm of Treuhaft, Walker and Burnstein, which specialized in Black Panthers and West Coast labor leaders prosecuted for being communists. Two of the firm's partners, according to Treuhaft, were communists and the two others "tolerated communists". Then she went on to Washington to help impeach Richard Nixon, whose career was built on smearing and destroying the careers of people through vague insinuations about their backgrounds and associates. ... When Hillary Clinton raised the issue of Barak Obama's relationship with the Weather Underground's Bill Ayers in a debate ju... more -
Martin Luther King Jr., In The Name Of Love
'Early morning, April 4... shot rings out in the Memphis sky... free at last, they took your life, they could not take your pride.'
For Martin, with love. 'Early morning, April 4... shot rings out in the Memphis sky... free at last, they took your life, they could not take your prid... more -
U.S. Stamp Commemorates Chicano Martyr
"Lost in the controversy over his death and the violent repression of the National Chicano Moratorium rally (attended by 30,000 people) against the Vietnam War – was the historic nature of [Ruben Salazar's] journalism. Clearly, he was a journalist before his time and what he reported in the El Paso Herald Post and the Los Angeles Times, from 1955 through 1970, still seems relevant to this day. He covered an unpopular war; Vietnam. He also covered Cuba, the Dominican Republic and the upheaval in Mexico in the 1960s. He also wrote about the anti-war movement, black-brown relations, police repression, the border, the inhumane treatment of migrants, the trouble in the lettuce fields, and social and educational inequalities...
While not an activist, his journalism brought the emerging Chicano civil rights movement to the nation’s attention. He defined for the nation – in language that mainstream society understood – what it meant to be Chicano." "Lost in the controversy over his death and the violent repression of the National Chicano Moratorium rally (attended by 30,000 p... more -
Chicanos Celebrate 40th Anniversary of 1968 Walkouts
"When Mexican-American teacher Sal Castro and organized college students declared "Blowout" at East Los Angele's Lincoln High School in March 1968, students from Lincoln and five other East L.A. high schools responded by hitting the streets in peaceful protest.
They were fighting for civil and human rights in the Los Angeles Unified School District, which treated Mexican-American children as barely an afterthought." "When Mexican-American teacher Sal Castro and organized college students declared "Blowout" at East Los Angele's L... more -
Your Teeth, Dear
A short compilation film equating the vigors of youth with healthy teeth and a stern warning to those who don't brush. Culled from 1950s and 1960s archival footage. A short compilation film equating the vigors of youth with healthy teeth and a stern warning to those who don't brush. Culled fr... more
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Why are Obama and Clinton fighting over Reagan?
Barack Obama suggested that he was less invested in the battles of the '60s than Hillary Clinton. But many Democrats believe the battles of the '60s were a good thing, not something to be less invested in. Barack Obama suggested that he was less invested in the battles of the '60s than Hillary Clinton. But many Democrats believe the ... more
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Communist-Era Design
If you love vintage design, this website is a must-see. Food and music packaging, hotel stickers, and film props from Communist-era Poland are lovingly documented on this English-language website, curated by a design nut. If you love vintage design, this website is a must-see. Food and music packaging, hotel stickers, and film props from Communist-era P... more
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Unlovely '60s Architecture
Everyone in the UK has to suffer at least one of these eyesores, at an average rate of once daily. This sites professes to love all things retro but even they draw the line at concrete buildings from the swinging sixties. What were these designers thinking? What are the worst buildings where you live? Everyone in the UK has to suffer at least one of these eyesores, at an average rate of once daily. This sites professes to love all t... more
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Itchycoo Park
The song gets its name from stinging nettles!
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Ultimate Female Hotties: from the 60's and Earlier
Alright guys, what do you think? Do the ladies from back in the day, out shine the ladies from today?
Pictured is Laure Bacall. You may know her from, "'To Have and Have Not' (1944), asking Humphrey Bogart if he knows how to whistle: 'Just put your lips together and blow.'" Alright guys, what do you think? Do the ladies from back in the day, out shine the ladies from today? ... more -
Ultimate Male Hotties: from the 60s and Earlier
What do think? Do they stand up to the hotties today? P.S. Clint Eastwood was pretty fly in his day (pictured here).
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Anniversary of 1967 Detroit riots brings reflection on continuing divide
The 40th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit riots was this summer, and this mini-site brings forth some of the issues and tension that still remains. Also known as the 12th Street Riot, violence erupted after a raid on a bling pig speakeasy that culminated in the intervention of the National Guard. Until the riots in Los Angeles in 1992, the Detroit riots were considered the most significant in the United States. The 40th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit riots was this summer, and this mini-site brings forth some of the issues and tension that st... more
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