Does anyone have information or links on 'The Hippies and the Peace/war Movement'?

They wanted to be an example of how to run the 'world' without govn't, - in the traditional sense.





They were after 'enlightenment' by any means necessary. Hallucinatory drugs (LCD) were expected / encouraged to be used.





Some lived on communes, - working on farms.





"Free-love" was a concept of "doing-it" with zero expectations of a relationship.





Some were anti-war, and therefore it didn't matter what govn't ruled over the people. Some hippies would have been "pinko-s". ie. somewhat 1/2 'red' as in 'red communist'.
Does anyone have information or links on 'The Hippies and the Peace/war Movement'?
The Hippies were a youth movement that started in part as a reaction to their parents generation during the 1960s. Drugs were a big part of the movement but not the complete focus. Love and compassion towards others, expanding your consciousness (both with and without drugs), spiritual awakening, appreciation of nature, and so on.





The Anti-war protests were composed of people from all walks of life, young, old, rich, poor, black, and white. The Vietnam War tended to draft the very poor and mostly black. Mainstream America began to change their opinion of the war when newscast started to show the mayhem. I still vividly remember watching a scene of a GI light a Vietnamese hut on fire.





At the time, my mother was in her 30s and active in both the Civil Rights and Anti-War Movements. She was a middle-class housewife with 3 children, a Sunday School teacher, college educated and appalled by what she saw. She thought Hippies were irresponsible but didn't care as long as they didn't hurt anyone.





It was a very complicated time in American history.





Tom Brokaw did an excellent documentary on the History Channel called "1968". The link is below. I recommend it. You can also check and see if your local library has a copy.





If you're old enough the movie "Apocalypse Now" is one of the best war movies ever. A movie called "Joe" also examines the alienation between the different social and age groups.

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