Monthly Archives: September 2017

Soul On Ice – Eldridge Cleaver (1965)

Posted on September 29, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Soul On Ice is a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver. Originally written in Folsom State Prison in 1965, and published three years later in 1968, it is Cleaver’s best known writing and remains a seminal work in … Continue reading →

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Dr. Strangelove – Stanley Kubrick (1964)

Posted on September 28, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, more commonly known as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1964 political satire black comedy film that satirizes the Cold War fears of a nuclear conflict between the Soviet … Continue reading →

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The Vietnam War Is Not Over

Posted on September 27, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Marines marching in Danang, Vietnam, March 15, 1965 “‘The Vietnam War’ Ken Burns says in a recent interview, ‘was the most important event in American history since World War II.’ But, he explains, it’s also an event that tore the … Continue reading →

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October 1963: “Freedom Day” in Selma

Posted on September 26, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Freedom Day” in Selma, October 1963. Blacks line up at the courthouse to apply to register to vote. “The line of men and women stretched from the registrar’s office in the Dallas County courthouse down its steps into the street, … Continue reading →

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“Riders on the Storm” – The Doors (1971)

Posted on September 26, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘Riders on the Storm’ is a song by American psychedelic rock band The Doors. … Also, Jim Morrison mentions spree killer Billy Cook, in passing, during at least one interview. Cook killed six people, including a young family, while hitchhiking … Continue reading →

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How Not to ‘Win Hearts and Minds’

Posted on September 26, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

A U.S. infantryman moving Vietnamese civilians from their village northwest of Saigon to protect them during a firefight with Viet Cong snipers. “From the early stages of the Vietnam War, American officials insisted that winning the hearts and minds (yes, … Continue reading →

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Fire in the Lake – Frances FitzGerald (1972)

Posted on September 24, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam (1972) is a book by American journalist Frances FitzGerald (1940-) about Vietnam, its history and national character, and the United States warfare there. … The book was ranked by … Continue reading →

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The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers

Posted on September 24, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers is an underground comic about a fictional trio of stoner characters, created by the American artist Gilbert Shelton. The Freak Brothers first appeared in The Rag, an underground newspaper published in Austin, Texas, beginning in … Continue reading →

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Foxfire Magazine

Posted on September 24, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Foxfire magazine began in 1966, written and published as a quarterly American magazine by students at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, a private secondary education school located in the U.S. state of Georgia. At the time Foxfire began, Rabun Gap Nacoochee … Continue reading →

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“Time Won’t Let Me” – The Outsiders (1966)

Posted on September 21, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘Time Won’t Let Me’ is a garage rock song that was recorded by The Outsiders, from Cleveland, Ohio, in 1965, and which became a major hit in the United States in 1966, reaching #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 on … Continue reading →

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Give Peace a Chance

Posted on September 20, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

College students in Boston march against the Vietnam war, October 16, 1965. “Say what you will about the Vietnam War, it had a great soundtrack. Feature and documentary filmmakers have, of course, long appreciated this—cue ‘The End’ by the Doors … Continue reading →

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Nancy Kurshan

Posted on September 19, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Nancy Kurshan and Anita Hoffman, W.I.T.C.H. “Nancy Sarah Kurshan (born February 4, 1944 in Brooklyn, NY) is an American activist, raised as a ‘red diaper baby‘, and best known for being a founder of the Youth International Party (whose members … Continue reading →

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Miami and the Siege of Chicago – Norman Mailer (1968)

Posted on September 18, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Some 40 years ago, the cumulatively unbearable stresses of war in Vietnam, a revolution in civil rights and a series of unexpected, bug-eyed cultural uprisings sent America into a psychological meltdown. Norman Mailer wrote a two-volume participant-­observer journalistic portrait of … Continue reading →

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Battle of Lang Vei

Posted on September 17, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Battle of Lang Vei (Vietnamese: Trận Làng Vây) began on the evening of 6 February and concluded during the early hours of 7 February 1968, in Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam. Towards the end of 1967 the 198th Tank … Continue reading →

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The Great Speckled Bird

Posted on September 16, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Great Speckled Bird was a counterculture underground newspaper based in Atlanta, Georgia from 1968 to 1976. It was founded by New Left activists from Emory University and members of the Southern Student Organizing Committee, an offshoot of Students for … Continue reading →

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Delaney & Bonnie and Friends – Home (1969)

Posted on September 16, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… Delaney Bramlett (July 1, 1939, Pontotoc County, Mississippi – December 27, 2008, Los Angeles) learned the guitar in his youth. He moved to Los Angeles in 1959, where he became a session musician. His most notable early work was … Continue reading →

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What I Saw on the Way to the Revolution

Posted on September 16, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

People gathered for a concert in Tompkins Square Park in 1967. “In June 1967, in the freewheeling spirit of the times, I dropped out of Antioch College, in Ohio, and hitchhiked to New York. I was 19, mildly though not … Continue reading →

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Ole Miss riot of 1962

Posted on September 13, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Meredith, center with briefcase, is escorted to the University of Mississippi campus by U.S. “The Ole Miss riot of 1962, or Battle of Oxford, was fought between Southern segregationist civilians and federal and state forces beginning the night of September … Continue reading →

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The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge – Carlos Castaneda (1968)

Posted on September 12, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge was published by the University of California Press in 1968 as a work of anthropology, though many critics contend that it is a work of fiction. It was written by … Continue reading →

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“Chain Gang” – Sam Cooke (1960)

Posted on September 12, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘Chain Gang’ is a song by the American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released on July 26, 1960. The song became one of Cooke’s most successful singles, peaking at number two on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot R&B Sides … Continue reading →

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The Maximus Poems – Charles Olson

Posted on September 11, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Educated at Wesleyan and Harvard Universities and the recipient of two Guggenheim Fellowships, Charles Olson had a distinguished career in academia and politics before becoming a serious poet. He began work on his opus, The Maximus Poems, in the mid-1940s, … Continue reading →

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Đông Hà

Posted on September 11, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Đông Hà ( listen) is the capital of Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam. Đông Hà is situated at the crossroads of National Highway 1A and Route 9, part of the East–West Economic Corridor (EWEC). It lies on the North–South Railway (Reunification Express) … Continue reading →

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Bread and Puppet Theater

Posted on September 9, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Bread and Puppet Theater (often known simply as Bread & Puppet) is a politically radical puppet theater, active since the 1960s, currently based in Glover, Vermont. Its founder and director is Peter Schumann. The name Bread & Puppet is … Continue reading →

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“Sister Morphine” – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Marianne Faithfull (1969)

Posted on September 9, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘Sister Morphine’ is a song written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Marianne Faithfull. Faithfull released the original version of the song as the B-side to her Decca Records single ‘Something Better’ on 21 February 1969. … In the U.K. … Continue reading →

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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail in ’72 – Hunter S. Thompson

Posted on September 8, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Dawn is coming up in San Francisco now: 6:09 AM. I can hear the rumble of early morning buses under my window at the Seal Rock Inn . . . out here at the far end of Geary Street: This … Continue reading →

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Midnight Cowboy – John Schlesinger (1969)

Posted on September 7, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. The film was written by Waldo Salt, directed by John Schlesinger, and stars Jon Voight alongside Dustin Hoffman. Notable … Continue reading →

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William Kunstler

Posted on September 7, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

William Kunstler and Ramsey Clark in jail at the end of the Attical trial, 1975. “William Moses Kunstler (July 7, 1919 – September 4, 1995) was an American radical lawyer and civil rights activist, known for his politically unpopular clients. Kunstler … Continue reading →

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Domino theory

Posted on September 5, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The domino theory was a theory prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s, that posited that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. The domino … Continue reading →

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“Runaround Sue” – Dion (1961)

Posted on September 5, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘Runaround Sue’ is a pop song, in a doo-wop style, originally a US No. 1 hit for the singer Dion during 1961 after he split with the Belmonts. … The song was written by Dion with Ernie Maresca, and tells … Continue reading →

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Greenwich Village Sunday (1960s)

Posted on September 4, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Exploration of the colorful counterculture of Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. Narrator: Jean Shepherd. Director, producer and screenwriter: Stewart Willensky. Beat life-avant-garde poetry and music: Charles Mills. Though somewhat removed in time from the day of the Indians and … Continue reading →

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What was happening in Cambodia during the Vietnam war?

Posted on September 3, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Child soldier loyal to the Cambodian government standing next to his foxhole. “Cambodia was having it’s own civil war that very closely tied with the Vietnam War. It was fought between the pro American military dictator Lon Nol and the … Continue reading →

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Radical America

Posted on September 2, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Radical America was a left wing political magazine in the United States established in 1967. The magazine was founded by Paul Buhle and Mari Jo Buhle, activists in Students for a Democratic Society and served during its first few years … Continue reading →

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The Cities – Paul Blackburn (1967)

Posted on September 1, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… Then a thin sky blue spine catches your eye, and the old Grove Press logo, always a sign of something interesting, and as you fold it down into your hand, you see that it is The Cities by Paul … Continue reading →

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Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs – Derek and the Dominos (1970)

Posted on September 1, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is the only studio album by Anglo-American blues rock band Derek and the Dominos. Released in November 1970, the double album is best known for its title track, ‘Layla‘, and is often regarded as … Continue reading →

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The Camden 28

Posted on September 1, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Camden 28 were a group of ‘Catholic left’ anti-Vietnam War activists who in 1971 planned and executed a raid on a Camden, New Jersey draft board. The raid resulted in a high-profile criminal trial of the activists that was … Continue reading →

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