"A new documentary film, Far Out: Life On & After the Commune, directed by Charles Light, tells the story of a group of leftwing journalists [originally of the] Liberation News Service. [The] eighty-five-minute film reveals the communards as young hippies and senior citizens, and shows how their paths intertwined with folk/rock superstars to fight the good fight.
"One of the film's co-stars is author and historian Harvey Wasserman who is also the longest active contributor to The Progressive. ...
"... Far Out contends that the commune's opposition to the construction of this [nuclear power] plant [at Seabrook, NH] sparked the U.S. grassroots anti-nuclear movement.
"Wasserman: The first thing is we came up with the slogan 'No Nukes,' printed the first bumper sticker and T-shirt; it's gone global ever since...."
At progressive.org
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