Tag Archives: Religion

Merging of Messages, Proliferation of Protest (May 2, 1968)

Posted on March 28, 2020 by

“I remember a year ago, when the march began in the Sheep Meadow, and the people walked through the midtown streets until they came to the plaza of the United Nations to hear the man they now mourn repeat as … Continue reading →

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Malcolm X: The Complexity Of a Man in the Jungle (Feb. 25, 1965)

Posted on February 22, 2020 by

“Malcolm X has three faces. One is turned toward Africa, one toward Harlem, and one toward Washington. His masks are more numerous. They are juggled by both the actor and his audience. He’s a charismatic leader. Then a cartoon figure … Continue reading →

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Ram Dass (1931 – 2019)

Posted on December 23, 2019 by

Ram Dass speaking at the Alternative Media Conference at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt., in 1970. “Baba Ram Dass, who epitomized the 1960s of legend by popularizing psychedelic drugs with Timothy Leary, a fellow Harvard academic, before finding spiritual inspiration … Continue reading →

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What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been (February 26, 1976)

Posted on December 18, 2019 by

“The San Francisco scene started at the Red Dog Saloon, as much as you can say it started at any one place. Most of the elements were there: rock & roll, a sort of light show, the first psychedelic dance … Continue reading →

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Ursula K. Le Guin’s Revolutions

Posted on October 5, 2019 by

“In the second book of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea cycle, the wizard Ged tells the priestess Arha that she has a choice. Stay and serve the nameless grim gods of the tomb, as she has done the last ten … Continue reading →

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Daniel Berrigan, My Dangerous Friend

Posted on September 6, 2019 by

“I was a twenty-two-year-old seminarian in 1965, struggling to imagine myself in what already seemed the impossible life of the Catholic priest, when I came upon the writing of Daniel Berrigan, a Jesuit poet. Berrigan, who died on Saturday at … Continue reading →

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Letter from Birmingham Jail – Martin Luther King Jr. (April 16, 1963)

Posted on July 17, 2019 by

“The Letter from Birmingham Jail, also known as the Letter from Birmingham City Jail and The Negro Is Your Brother, is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King Jr. The letter defends the strategy of … Continue reading →

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