Abbie Hoffman

25th Anniversary Facsimile Edition,This is a welcome reissue of a classic title from,the 60's, written by one of the leading members of,the Woodstock Nation. Originally contracted by,Random House, they refused to publish it under its,title and Hoffman eventually designed and printed,it himself. A huge underground bestseller, it was,banned in Canada and became notorious when,thousands of people attempted to carry out the,instruction implied by the book's title.

Progressing at a dizzying, frenetic pace, the 1960s were synonymous with rebellion and conflict. No other decade in the 20th century was so tumultuous. This gripping and engagingly written guide to the forces that shaped the 1960s cultural revolution examines the New Left, the antiwar movement, and the counterculture. A narrative historical overview puts the decade in perspective. Essays follow on each of the above topics, and a concluding essay discusses the legacy of the era. The work also features a wealth of ready reference material--a comprehensive timeline of events in the 1960s, biographical profiles of key players, the text of important primary documents associated with the political, social, and cultural rebellion, a glossary of terms, and a helpful annotated bibliography of print and nonprint materials suitable for students.

Did the police lose control of themselves in dealing with demonstrators during the 1968 Democratic National Convention? Or were they simply men who saw themselves as protecting their city from the forces of revolution? Kusch contends that Chicago's police were more than unthinking "thugs," that they had, in effect, become a counterculture, even more so than the people they ended up attacking. From Polish and Irish working class backgrounds, these men felt they represented a time gone by, a different way of life. The world they found themselves in during August of 1968 was an almost alien environment. Analyzing interviews of men who were on the streets and examining in-depth their actions and the reasons behind them, Kusch challenges traditional thinking on this pivotal event.

This is a history of "guerilla television", a form of TV that was part of the larger alternative media tide which swept across the USA in the 1960s. Inspired by the fracturing issues of that decade, as well as the theories and writings of people such as Marshall McLuhan, Tom Wolfe, and Hunter S. Thompson, guerilla television put forth "utopian" programming in an effort to change the structure of information in America.

This fascinating compilation gives a succinct and objective overview of the most significant worldwide extremists and extremist groups in operation over the past 50 years. 290 alphabetically organized entries detail the notorious history, activities, and beliefs of these shadowy and often violent extremists.