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Black Panther Party Platform and Program (1966)
Black Panther Party Platform and Program What We Want What We Believe 1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our Black Community. We believe that black people will not be free until we are able to determine our destiny. 2. We want full employment for our people. We believe that […] Continue reading
Hippy Philosophy and the Hippy Dream
Hippies from A to Z by Skip Stone Hippy Philosophy and the Hippy Dream We are stardust, we are golden, and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden. Joni Mitchell/CS&N (Woodstock) So what do hippies want anyway? What is their utopian fantasy? It’s easy to criticize the existing system, but just what do […] Continue reading
The Old Hippies
Hippies from A to Z by Skip Stone The Old Hippies Old hippies don’t die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again. Joseph Gallivan Whatever happened to all the old hippies? The millions who rallied, marched, protested, chanted and boycotted? Are they now just rebels without a cause? […] Continue reading
The Young Hippies
Hippies from A to Z by Skip Stone The Young Hippies There’s a whole generation with a new explanation. John Phillips/Scott McKenzie (San Francisco) I was very surprised to find when I started Hippyland that I wasn’t just attracting old hippies like myself. There seems to be a large contingent of young people who consider […] Continue reading
Landmark Hippy Events
Hippies from A to Z by Skip Stone Landmark Hippy Events Part II This chapter reviews some of the major events of the hippie movement. These events defined the nature, objectives and results of our counter-cultural assault on the establishment. Anyone who participated in these events shared at least some of the hippy beliefs, and […] Continue reading
A Trip Through the Sixties – The Anti-War Movement
The Anti-War Movement We bled inside each other’s wounds we had caught the same disease we all sang the songs of peace. Melanie – Lay Down Protesters in D.C. The Vietnam war divided the country into hawks and doves. Thousands of young men fled to Canada rather than allow themselves to be drafted and sent […] Continue reading
PTA Prez Appalled!
I am appauled at the drug content posters you have on your site. I used to love looking through your site. I found your hideous collection of non-funny posters as I was surfing the web for anti-drug posters for my sons elementary school’s Red Ribbon Week. I will never buy anything from your site and […] Continue reading
Letter From Japanese Right Winger
Dear Sir/Miss/Madam, Hello. I am a member of a Japanese right wing group, WAKONJUKU, but I just wanted to say that I believe in many of the things that you stand for and I agree with most of you who believe that the goal of peace is the answer to many of the problems that […] Continue reading
The Basis of Black Power (SNCC)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Position Paper: The Basis of Black Power The myth that the Negro is somehow incapable of liberating himself, is lazy, etc., came out of the American experience. In the books that children read, whites are always good (good symbols are white), blacks are evil or seen as savages in movies, their […] Continue reading
The Black Revolution: Speech by Malcolm X (1963)
The Black Revolution Malcolm X Dr. Powell, distinguished guests, brothers and sisters, friends, and even our enemies. As a follower and minister of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, who is the Messenger of Allah to the American so-called Negro, I am very happy to accept Dr. Powell’s invitation to be here this evening at the Abyssinian […] Continue reading