Yippies - A. J. Weberman, Abbie Hoffman, Allen Ginsberg, Anita Hoffman, Dana Beal, David Peel (Musician), Ed Sanders, Jerry Rubi (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: A. J. Weberman, Abbie Hoffman, Allen Ginsberg, Anita Hoffman, Dana Beal, David Peel (musician), Ed Sanders, Jerry Rubin, John Sinclair (poet), Jonah Raskin, Judy Collins, Nancy Kurshan, Patrick K. Kroupa, Paul Krassner, Phil Ochs, Pigasus (politics), Steve Conliff, Stew Albert, Tuli Kupferberg, William Kunstler, Youth International Party. Excerpt: Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997) was an American poet and one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression. Ginsberg is best known for his epic poem "Howl," in which he celebrated his fellow "angel-headed hipsters" and harshly denounced what he saw as the destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States. It is one of the classic poems of the Beat Generation. The poem, which was dedicated to writer Carl Solomon, opens: In October 1955, Ginsberg and five other unknown poets gave a free reading at an experimental art gallery in San Francisco. Ginsberg's "Howl" electrified the audience. According to fellow poet Michael McClure, it was clear "that a barrier had been broken, that a human voice and body had been hurled against the harsh wall of America and its supporting armies and navies and academies and institutions and ownership systems and power support bases." In 1957, "Howl" attracted widespread publicity when it became the subject of an obscenity trial in which a San Francisco prosecutor argued it contained "filthy, vulgar, obscene, and disgusting language." The poem seemed especially outrageous in 1950s America because it depicted both heterosexual and homosexual sex at a time when sodomy laws made homosexual acts a crime in every U.S. state. "Howl" reflected Ginsberg's own homosexuality and his relationships with a number of men, ...