At the beginning....

An excerpt from the beginning of my book Daydream Sunset...

https://www.counterpunch.org/2013/07/26/stones-hendrix-and-altamont/

1979--The Epilogue

The Epilogue from Daydream Sunset

https://www.counterpunch.org/2009/07/20/recalling-1979/

October 1979--Protests at Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant

Hell no, we won't glow. 

Article from Boston College student paper

Daydream Sunset on Sale at Counterpunch Books!

Go to this link, Use coupon code MUCKRAKER for 40% off all Books at Checkout....

https://store.counterpunch.org/product/day-dream-sunset/

The Day Nixon Left

August 8th 1974.  Richard Nixon tells the world he's quitting.  Here are a couple reflections I wrote in the past....

http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/ron-jacobs-remembering-resignation-of.html

https://www.counterpunch.org/2004/08/09/in-memory-of-deep-throat/

and a clip of the speech...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEOGJJ7UKFM

Jonathan Jackson Marin County Courthouse August 7, 1970

On August 7, 1970, Jonathan Jackson, the 17-year-old brother of prison revolutionary
George Jackson, entered the Marin County courthouse armed with a submachine gun. He
hoped to force the release of the Soledad Brothers— George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo, and
John Clutchette, who were charged with the murder of two guards at Soledad Prison after
guards had killed another prisoner. Jonathan gave guns to three prisoners who were present
in court— Ruchell Magee, a jailhouse lawyer who was testifying at the trial of fellow prisoner
James McClain, and William Christmas. The three then took the judge, the prosecutor, and
three jurors hostage. They left the courthouse and placed the hostages in a county van.
Before the armed men and their hostages left the courthouse, the Marin County sheriff had
ordered his men not to shoot, but the van was hit by a hail of gunfire from San Quentin
prison guards and other law-enforcement personnel immediately after it left the building's
garage. Jackson, Judge Haley, McClain, and Christmas were all killed.--from The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground

https://diva.sfsu.edu/bundles/228276

Peace, Love, and Credit Where It’s Due: Women of the Counterculture

Lemke-Santangelo's book was an important reference for the Daydream Sunset chapter on women in the counterculture.

https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/05/17/peace-love-and-credit-where-its-due-women-of-the-counterculture/

April 1971--Organizing Against the US War on Vietnam

Spring 1971.  Organizing for a spring offensive against the war in Vietnam was well underway. Hundreds of local and national organizations were planning protests, civil disobedience and direct action.  The largest protests were planned for the belly of the beast--Washington, DC.  Foremost among these were the Dewey Canyon II protests organized by Vietnam Veterans  Against the War, the week of protests and lobbying organized by the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice (a collection of hundreds of antiwar groups), and the MayDay Tribe's call for direct action under the slogan "If the government won't stop the war, the people will stop the government."  The link below connects to a semi-satirical call to action for the protests that was published in Atlanta's underground paper The Great Speckled Bird.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-VVNRbIM3zsTE351rT_nWZZgzyAVMD3A8ZFYPa5mAEXNT-geKFfx95N0J_MMnxKszJmiG3FaYCKGN1mK/view?usp=sharing

Some nice words from a brother out west...

Somebody sent me this link the other day.  It's a post from a blog by a fellow traveler who lives in the American West....

http://scottrthequillayutecowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/those-good-ole-days.html

Rahsaan Roland Kirk Prepares Us to Deal With a Miracle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17JgEYTmE-o

High Drama--The House of Representatives Votes to Impeach Richard Nixon....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOhBa5IO9Y

Midsummer Rock

On July 28, 1973, The Band, Allman Brothers, and the Grateful Dead played a mammoth show at Watkins Glen, NY.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqlADKgCS_Y

In late July 1970, a rock fest was supposed to happen, but the authorities cancelled it. People showed up anyway...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xeK-k9BRtQ

then there was this--I made it to one day....

The Jackson State Murders May 14, 1970

http://www.counterpunch.org/2005/05/14/the-jackson-state-murders-may-14-1970/

Scanlan's Monthly

Scanlan's Monthly was a short-lived magazine in 1970-1971.  Edited by San Francisco's Warren Hinckle, it featured excellent writing, in depth and cutthroat journalism and the attention of the FBI. The January 1971 issue was titled Guerrilla War in the USA.

a link to that issue is below...
http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/W%20Disk/War%20Guerrilla/Item%2001A.pdf

War is Over May 1975

On May 11, 1975 Phil Ochs and others hosted a celebration in Central Park of the final end of the US war on the Vietnamese.  Titled "War is Over," it featured Joan Baez, Lee Hays, Tom Paxton, Patti Smith and many others.  (see setlist below)

https://sites.google.com/site/philipdavidochs/philochslive-may11,1975

On May 12, 1975.  Saigon fell to the Vietnamese national liberation forces and US troops, CIA and others fled.

The Spring Offensive Against the War in 1971--Noam Chomsky Checks In

From the New York Review of Books (when it was a leftish journal)

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1971/06/17/a-special-supplement-mayday-the-case-for-civil-dis/

Seasoned Veteran:Journey of a Winter Soldier

Discussed in Daydream Sunset....

Grateful Dead Live in 1971

In 1971, the Grateful Dead played a Catholic Youth Center in Scranton, PA...

https://archive.org/details/gd71-04-13.sbd.unknown.32015.sbeok.flacf

The Dead Show That Closes Out My Book

I went searching for a recording of the January 198o Kampuchean Refugees Benefit Show that I close out Daydream Sunset with.  While searching, I found this description of the show.  I have a few differences with the author, but it's a good read.  So is the rest of the site--Lost Live Dead....Check it out.
http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2014/12/january-13-1980-oakland-coliseum-arena.html

If you want to hear the Dead's portion of the show, here is a link to a fairly decent recording

https://archive.org/details/gd1980-01-13.sbd.miller.106517.flac16

Happy New Year!

From the Mayday Bookstore Blog

http://maydaybookstore.blogspot.com/2015/12/bombs-or-vermont.html