Hippie Havens
The following is a list of places where there exists a sizable hippy population, where there is tolerance towards hippies, where hippies are free to pursue their lifestyle with community support. Whether you’re looking to visit or relocate, you can be sure there’ll be places to stay, interesting things to see and do, and lots of other hippies in these places. Please note, most of these were reader contributions! If you know of any other places to add to this list please write to us.
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David Dellinger
Born into a wealthy Republican family, his father a respected Boston attorney, Dave Dellinger graduated from Yale and then did time for refusing to register for the draft in World War II. He has been arrested numerous times for pacifist demonstrations since then. Dellinger was a leading figure in the movement against the war in […] Continue reading
To My Black Brothers In Vietnam (1970)
To My Black Brothers In Vietnam By Eldridge Cleaver Minister of Information Black Panther Party I’m writing this on January 4, 1970. We are starting out a new year. On August 31, I’ll be 35 years old. I’m married, and I have one child with another one on the way. I am in love with […] Continue reading
The Black Panther Programs (1969)
BREAKFAST PROGRAM: Every Panther chapter has set up free breakfast programs for young children. They are presently feeding somewhere over 5,000 children per week. The food is pressured out of businessmen raking the profits from the ghettoes and from contributions to the Party from residents and friends. FREE MEDICAL CLINICS: Clinics are being set up […] Continue reading
Interview with Huey P. Newton (1968)
THE MOVEMENT: The question of nationalism is a vital one in the black movement today. Some have made a distinction between cultural nationalism and revolutionary nationalism. Would you comment on the differences and give us your views? HUEY P. NEWTON: There are two kinds of nationalism, revolutionary nationalism and reactionary nationalism. Revolutionary nationalism is first […] Continue reading
Letter From an American Terrorist (1970)
IBM, Mobil and GTE are enemies of all life. In 1969 IBM made $250 million, Mobile $150 million and GTE $140 million for US defense contracts – profits made from the suffering and deaths of human beings. All three profit not only from death in Vietnam, but also from Amerikan imperialism in all of the […] Continue reading
A Leaflet from The East Coast Conspiracy to Save Lives
As American citizens who share a responsibility for the actions of our country, we have liberated draft files in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and General Electric files in Washington, D.C. We have done so because of our concern for human life. We have done so because we are aware of the conspiracy among the military, large corporations […] Continue reading
Draft Board and Dow Chemical Raids (1969)
An incomplete listing on draft board and Dow Chemical Co. raids (The Dow raids are of the same genre and often are conducted by the same people) shows that they have become much more frequent as the Vietnam war has dragged on. There was a kind of freak raid on a Minnesota draft board in […] Continue reading
An Open Letter to the Corporations of America (1969)
Today, March 22, 1969, in the Washington office of the Dow Chemical Company we spill human blood and destroy files and office equipment. By this action, we condemn you, the Dow Chemical Company, and all similar American Corporations. We are outraged by the death-dealing exploitation of people of the Third World, and of all the […] Continue reading
Sex, Love and Hippies
Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth, but it’s usually too battered with rules to be heard. We cripple ourselves with lies. Most people have no idea of what they’re missing, our society places a supreme value on control, on hiding what you feel. It mocks primitive culture and prides […] Continue reading
Science Fiction Page
Science Fiction I regard science fiction as the entry drug into the psychedelic world. If by nine, ten, eleven or twelve, you’re reading science fiction, then you’re probably lost to normality. –Terence McKenna The hippy generation was the first to grow up aware of the awesome power unleashed upon this planet by our scientists and […] Continue reading