A Prayer for America by US Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio) (to be sung as an overture for America) My country ’tis of thee. Sweet land of liberty of thee I sing. . . . From every mountain side, let freedom ring. . . . Long may our land be bright. With freedom’s holy light. […] Continue reading →

WHAT is patriotism? Is it love of one’s birthplace, the place of childhood’s recollections and hopes, dreams and aspirations ? Is it the place where, in childlike naivete, we would watch the fleeting clouds, and wonder why we, too, could not run so swiftly? The place where we would count the milliard glittering stars, terror-stricken […] Continue reading →

This is the text of a speech by Carl Oglesby, the president of the SDS. The position he presents here is what for many represents the core of hippie activism. 100,000 students joined the SDS on 400 campus across the US. As you can see NOTHING has changed in the past 37 years! We are […] Continue reading →

By Paul Potter, President of SDS MOST OF US grew up thinking that the United States was a strong but humble nation, that involved itself in world affairs only reluctantly, that respected the integrity of other nations and other systems, and that engaged in wars only as a last resort. This was a nation with […] Continue reading →

This is the first official document of the SDS, Students for A Democratic Society issued in Port Huron, Michigan, June 1962. Founding member, Tom Hayden helped create the draft this document. This is only the beginning of the document. INTRODUCTION: AGENDA FOR A GENERATION We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest […] Continue reading →

What is women’s liberation? It is simply organized rage against real oppression. Recently a woman phoned to say she had just had an abortion at one of the best hospitals in the District of Columbia. Because she couldn’t find a doctor to help her before, she couldn’t have the abortion until her fifth month of […] Continue reading →

I was waiting for the light to change at Bloor and St. George when I saw the first whore waiting across from me. She was slumped, smile drooping, foot-sore from cruising Fraternity Row peddling counterfeit sex to the sons of the bourgeoisie who know no better. I felt a decent Pity. (Declension: I am pitying, […] Continue reading →

The following is the International Law currently being used to prosecute Slobodan Milosovich for crimes against humanity. Everyone should be aware of this law and remember that NO ONE IS IMMUNE from this, including politicians who wage war! The Treaty of London, August 8, 1945 (59 Stat. 7544), provided for the creation of the International […] Continue reading →

Like who knows how many thousand others, I got involved in the battle of People’s Park when somebody handed me a shovel and said, over there, we’re breaking it up so we can lay sod down. Packed by weight of years of houses and months of cars, the hard earth barely yielded to any tool, […] Continue reading →

Berkeley residents at work fixing up People’s Park TO OUR BROTHERS These National Guardsmen are not pigs. They’re not even gung-ho soldiers. Most of them share our view that the Vietnam war is an unworthy act of aggression. By joining the guard they avoided two years of active duty and a tour in Vietnam. As […] Continue reading →