Counterculture

Communes

Aug 17, 1961

Many Hippies wanted to drop out of society by leaving home and living together in communes – group living arrangements in which members shared everything and worked together.
Some hippies established rural communes

Berkeley

Dec 2, 1964

Another movement that captured the nation’s attention in the 1960s was the Free Speech Movement, led by Mario Savio and others at the University of California at Berkeley.

Protesting

Mar 4, 1965

The SDS focused on protesting the Vietnam War, but they also addressed other issued, including poverty, campus regulations, nuclear power, and racism.

Counterculture

Jun 9, 1967

While many young Americans in the 1960s sought to reform the system, others rejected it entirely and tried to create a new lifestyle based on flamboyant dress, rock music, drug use, and communal living.

Hippy Values

May 7, 1969

Originally, hippies rejected rationality, order, and traditional middle-class values. They wanted to build a utopia – a society that was freer, closer to nature, and full of love, empathy, tolerance, and cooperation.