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TitleThe diggers state simply ...
Author
PublisherCommunication Company
PlaceSan Francisco
Year1967
Date 11/28/1967
Date 2
Publication
Volume
Issue
Page(s)
MediumBroadside
DimensionLetter
Extent
Imprint
Collation
CatalogCC-103
CollectionSS-x(BL) | SOLA-x(SS) | o-BL/CA
Cit. No.
Keywords
Trans. TitleThe diggers state simply
SectionCommunication Company
GroupDigger Movement (Core Collection)
Sub-Group
SeriesCommunication Company
Folder
CC-103
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Notes
Signed The Diggers c/o John Huges 1333 Masonic. This is the first mention I have seen of the Trip Without A Ticket being in existence this early. On Chester Anderson's copy (BL/CA), he noted, "This I didn't write, but it explains a lot." On Chester's copy, he handwrote the date.
Abstract
Lays out an ambitious practical program for the Haight-Ashbury as the neighborhood braced for the influx of "between 50 and 200,000" "youth of America [that] are on their ways to the Haight-Ashberry [sic]." The Diggers call for six “functioning rituals”: free food, productive farms, hostels, a garage to repair broken machines, tent-making from surplus rags, and to offer the Trip Without A Ticket as “total theatre" and "as a social art form.” What is striking is how concrete the proposal is—supplies, tools, talent, space, food, rent money, and coordination—while still framed in the Diggers’ language of theatre, ritual, and social transformation. The handwritten note indicates that the sheet was printed by the Communication Company.
Full Text
THE D I G G E R S STATE SIMPLY: THEIR INTENT AS A GROUP IS
TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE

1.

A RESTAURANT SERVICE TO PROVIDE FREE FOOD

2.

PRODUCTIVE FARMS FOR REFUGE AND CROPS

3.

HOSTELS TO SHELTER SLEEP WITHIN THE CITY WALLS

4.

A GARAGE TO RETORE BROKEN MACHINES

5.

THE TENT MAKERS ASSEMBLAGE TO SEW THE RAGS OF SURPLUS INTO
TEPEES FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SETTLE INTO TAMALPAIS OR ANYWHERE

6.

THE TRIP WITHOUT A TICKET WILL BE TOTAL THEATRE AND OFFER
THE STORE AS A SOCIAL ART FORM.

THE YOUTH OF AMERICA ARE ON THEIR WAYS TO THE
HAIGHT-ASKBERRY, BETWEEN 50 AND 200,000 WILL
CROSS OUR COMMUNITY AND ENTER OUR LIVES.
OUR COMMUNITY IS WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THE NATIONAL
COVERAGE GIVEN OUR AREA WILL DRAW THE MULTITUDES.
IN THREE MONTHS THE D I G G E R S WANT THE ABOVE
6 EVENTS TO BE FUNCTIONING RITUALS.
AND SO, WE NEED SUPPLIES, FOOD STUFFS, TOOLS, TALENT,
SPACE AND MONEY FOR RENT.
WE NEED TO CO-ORDINATE OUR ENERGIES. THOSE INTERESTED
IN DONATING TIME, GOODS, MONEY, SPACE PLEASE CONTACT
THE D I G G E R S c/o JOHN HUGHES 1333 Masonic -
TEL: 431-1655
WHO WILL CO-ORDINATE ALL OUR ACTIVITIES.

THE D I G G E R S.

[handwritten note:]
printed by
the Communication Co.
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