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"It's Free because It's Yours": The Diggers and the San Francisco
Scene, 19641968
By Dominick Cavallo*
[Chapter Five from A Fiction of the Past: The Sixties in American
History, by Dominick Cavallo. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.]
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Professor Cavallo has graciously given permission to
reproduce this ground-breaking, first-published scholarly history of the
Diggers. It appears as a chapter in his larger history of the Sixties
however, he makes clear that he sees the Diggers as fundamental to
understanding that period, especially the formation of the Sixties
Counterculture. There will undoubtedly be a lively discussion about Prof. Cavallo's
interpretation, with some disagreement, and much agreement however, it is clear that this
is an important piece that will take its place in the body of Digger
history.Notes on the transcription: I have taken the liberty of dividing this
article into five parts to
make the online viewing more manageable. The careful reader will notice
that the original notes have been preserved and are hyperlinked to the
specific citation in the notes file. I
have inserted page numbers from the original (first) edition to indicate
the start of a new page, thus: [p. 98]. Please contact
me with any corrections or errors of transcription. en
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Table of Contents
Our first act of freedom, if we are free, ought in all inward propriety,
to be to affirm that we are free.
William James, Essays In Pragmatism, 1907
Do your own thing. Be what you are. If you don't know what you are, find
out. Fuck leaders.
The Diggers, 1966
The individual in America, has usually taken his start outside society.
R. W. B. Lewis, The American Adam, 1955
The key to the puzzle [of changing America] lies in theater.
Abbie Hoffman, 1968
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The Diggers Take The Stage
The Setting
The Free Speech Movement
Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters
Bill Graham and the Fillmore
The Scene Is Noticed
The Digger Play
The Leatherstocking From Brooklyn
The Diggers and the Haight-Ashbury Exit the Stage
Conclusion: The Legacy of the Diggers and Counterculture
Notes
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