Tagged with Sixties

The anonymous Vietnam War protester who was photographed placing a flower in the barrel of a National Guardsman's rifle later appeared in a lyric by Tom Waits: "Joel Tornabene lies broken on the wheel..." (more)

Stanley Kubrick's films belong to the Gnostic hyperreal. They are psychedelic tours of history's dream galleries. They deal with power and the creation and destruction of values. Most importantly, their core is mystical, even shamanic. (more)

Paul Krassner, creator of the classic satircal zine The Realist and co-founder of the Yippies!, was one of the funniest and most poignant satirical writers of the 1960s counterculture. In this interview he reflects on his 50 years of activism, and offers thoughts on today's world. "My advice for the future is to always remember that the political system is merely a buffer between the status quo and the force of evolution." (more)

Abbie Hoffman's classic guide to counterculture is now available for free on the Internet. (more)

Members of an underground cultural guerrilla movement secretly repaired the Parisian Panthéon's long dead clock. (more)