#chicago1968

[ginzyblog]

William S Burroughs, Carol Kauffman, Terry Southern, Jean Genet, Allen Ginsberg, Chicago August 28, 1968. Esquire Magazine had commissioned them to write about the the 1968 Democratic Convention. Genet, who had to sneak across the border from Canada, was a last minute replacement for Samuel Beckett (Photo: Michael Cooper, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Collection) 
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#jeangenet #allenginsberg #notredamdesfleurs #ourladyoftheflowers #1968 #1968democraticconvention #allenginsberg #williamsburroughs #terrysouthern #michaelcooper #candy #themagicchristian #nakedlunch #beatgeneration #chicago #chicago1968 #literature #beatliterature #poetry #poetrycommunity #esquire #drstrangelove #stanleykuberick #photography (at Chicago, Illinois)
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[ginzyblog]

William S Burroughs, Carol Kauffman, Terry Southern, Jean Genet, Allen Ginsberg, Chicago August 28, 1968. Esquire Magazine had commissioned them to write about the the 1968 Democratic Convention. Genet, who had to sneak across the border from Canada, was a last minute replacement for Samuel Becket (Photo: Michael Cooper, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Collection) 

 #jeangenet #allenginsberg #notredamdesfleurs #ourladyoftheflowers #1968 #1968democraticconvention #allenginsberg #williamsburroughs #terrysouthern #michaelcooper #candy #themagicchristian #nakedlunch #beatgeneration #chicago #chicago1968 #literature #beatliterature #poetry #poetrycommunity #esquire #drstrangelove #stanleykuberick #photography (at Grant Park, Chicago Ill) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDoosceBRJz/?igshid=qcr4sfb7esva

[ginzyblog]

• Allen Ginsberg chanting OM, Grant Park, Chicago,  during the riots at the Democratic National Convention, August 28, 1968. (Photo: unknown, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Collection)   • 50 years ago today Allen gave testimony at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial famously chanting OM and Hare Krishna for the jury as a demonstration of what he did in an attempt to calm the crowds during the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.   On Trial were Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Bobby Seale, and Lee Weiner—charged with “conspiracy, inciting to riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and countercultural protests in Chicago” during the Convention two years prior. All were acquitted of conspiracy, with five of the eight convicted for inciting riots, but those were later overturned.   Currently Aaron Sorkin is shooting a film on the Trial with Shacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman.                  . • Judge: Did you say you continued chanting seven hours?                   . • AG: Seven hours, yes. About six hours I chanted OM and for the seventh hour concluded with the chant Hare krishna/hare krishna/krishna krishna/hare hare/ hare rama/hare rama/rama rama/hare hare.                   . • #chicagoconispiracytrial #om #1968democraticconvention #allenginsberg #beatgeneration #chicago #chicago1968 #judgejuliushoffman #abbiehoffman #chicagoseven #chicagoeight #sachabaroncohen #aaronsorkin (at Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/B58sDLOB8Yu/?igshid=3xopy721iw6x

[ginzyblog]

William S Burroughs, Carol Kauffman, Terry Southern, Jean Genet, Allen Ginsberg, Chicago August 28, 1968. Esquire Magazine had commissioned them to write about the the 1968 Democratic Convention. Genet, who had to sneak across the border from Canada, was a last minute replacement for Samuel Becket (Photo: Michael Cooper, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Collection)  #jeangenet #allenginsberg #notredamdesfleurs #ourladyoftheflowers #1968 #1968democraticconvention #allenginsberg #williamsburroughs #terrysouthern #michaelcooper #candy #themagicchristian #nakedlunch #beatgeneration #chicago #chicago1968 #literature #beatliterature #poetry #poetrycommunity #esquire #drstrangelove #stanleykuberick #photography (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt_JYPtH2z2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rrnaospfilxg

[ginzyblog]

William S Burroughs, Terry Southern, Jean Genet, Allen Ginsberg, Chicago August 28, 1968.  (Photo: Michael Cooper, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Collection) #jeangenet #allenginsberg #notredamdesfleurs #ourladyoftheflowers #1968 #1968democraticconvention #allenginsberg #williamsburroughs #terrysouthern #michaelcooper #candy #themagicchristian #nakedlunch #beatgeneration #chicago #chicago1968 https://www.instagram.com/p/BoAKQVTFOx4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rlmuqevtriot

[punkecodavid]

“The whole world is watching. The whole world is watching…” #chicago #chicago1968 #1960salloveragain #revolution #liberteegalitefraternite #freedom #liberty #justiceforall #hippie #lovethyneighbor #lovemycity #unconditionallove #nonjudgementallove #politicalcity (at Logan Monument) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtuWMSXBUHX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=156x3fvhyd691

[makelit]

On this 50th anniversary, renowned writers and educators Randall Albers, Carlos Arango, Bill Ayers, and Nicole Marroquin will be at the Lit & Luz 2018 and Co-Prosperity Sphere event ‘1968: We Were There’ to discuss what testimony in literature means to the tumultuous events that transpired in Chicago and Mexico City in 1968—and why the student revolt in Mexico City is largely under discussed in the US. For the full list of Lit & Luz 2018 events taking place this October 13-20, please visit www.litluz.org.

[porterdavis]

The acorn never falls far from the oak...

I've been away from my beloved Montreal for almost two months now and can't pay as much attention, obviously, as I did when I lived there, but I see the PTB (powers that be) have pulled out a cannon to kill a gnat with loi 78. Something about wearing masks and the like (just wait until December when all Montrealers are wearing those Joe Palooka-like things against the cold!).

But what warms the cockles of this old war-horse's heart is seeing my daughter Bailey take to the (social media) ramparts to rail against the bill. Memories of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968 are flooding back. Don't be afraid to suck on some CZ and bleed a little for what you believe in. We ended a war -- you can get a law overturned. Occupy Something!!

Oh, and up the revolution!