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Arts

Remembering The Living Theatre's Hanon Reznikov

Anu Bonobo

While hundreds of revolutionaries have dedicated their lives to resistance through direct action, and many artists have sought liberty through creative expression, few have led such a dedicated pursuit of both simultaneously – not just in theory but in daily practice with The Living Theatre. (more)

5-15-08

Life

A Life of Love and Riots

Anu Bonobo

The so-called summer of love was also the summer of riots, and being a product of that period has shaped my life. In 1987 I moved to inner-city Detroit, where it looked like the riot was still going on twenty years later. I also attended my first Rainbow Gathering to verify that the hippie vision of communal love still commanded converts. My reflections on love and riots are not so much my story, but the story that this world we inhabit has made of me.(more)

9-17-07

Psyche

A Revolution without Enemies

Anu Bonobo

Since Tim Leary still steals most of the headlines—and many of them bad—for psychedelic proselytizing in the ‘60s, I thought Allen Ginsberg deserved his due as one of Leary’s most articulate defenders, colleagues, and fellow-travelers. Ginsberg’s shameless integrity and sultry innocence offer charismatic counterpoint to Leary’s more superficial and self-serving crusades for psychedelic freedom. (more)

5-11-07