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Kaliflower Commune
The Friends of Perfection Commune is an List of American Utopian communities, American Utopian community in San Francisco, California. The commune was founded in 1967 on principles of a common treasury, group marriage, free anonymous art, gay liberation, and selfless service. They were originally called the Sutter/Scott Street commune, and commonly referred to as the Kaliflower commune, after their newsletter of the same name. Because the commune's publishing activities helped spread their philosophy, they became a significant influence on Bay Area culture. Many members of The Angels of Light, a free psychedelic drag theater group, originally lived in the ''Kaliflower'' commune. The name ''Kaliflower'' referenced the Hindu name for the last and most violent age of humankind, the Kali Yuga. Background Intentional community, Communes played an integral part of the History of the hippie movement, 1960s American hippie movement. Members of the Counterculture of the 1960s, 1960s co ...
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List Of American Utopian Communities
A wide range of utopia, utopian intentional communities were founded across US since the 1700s. Several of them are active in the present day. Secular utopian socialism in the US during the 19th century included the Owenism, Owenite movement of the 1820s, Fourierism (1843–1850), Icarians (1848–1898), and Bellamyism (1889–1896). As well, several anarchist communities were established in the U.S. These included Home, Washington (founded in 1898) and the Modern Times (community), Socialist Community of Modern Times, founded in New York in 1851. Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Nineteenth century Twentieth century See also * List of Finnish utopian communities * List of German utopian communities * List of Fourierist Associations in the United States * Federation of Egalitarian Communities * Fourierism * Icarians * List of intentional communities * List of Owenite communities in the United States * Owenism * Shakers References

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Hibiscus (entertainer)
Hibiscus (born George Edgerly Harris III; September 6, 1949 – May 6, 1982) was an American actor and performance artist. Starting his career in New York City, he moved to San Francisco, where in the early 1970s he founded the psychedelic gay liberation theater collective known as the Cockettes. He was widely seen in ''Flower Power'' (1967), a photograph taken during a major anti-Vietnam War protest in Washington, DC. He was photographed putting flowers into the gun barrels of the MPs. Early life Harris was born in Bronxville, New York in 1949 to George Edgerly Harris II (1921–2005) and Anna Marie McCanless (1926–2016). The family moved to Clearwater Beach, Florida. The Harris parents became interested in theater and began performing with a local company known as "The Little Theater". George and his siblings started a children's theater troupe, the El Dorado Players. In 1964, the family returned to New York. Harris appeared in commercials, and started acting in televis ...
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The House Of Love And Prayer
The House of Love and Prayer was a Hasidic Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 347 Arguello Boulevard, in the Richmond district of San Francisco, California, in the United States. Founded in spring/April 1968 by rebbe Shlomo Carlebach, the congregation had a short existence, lasting just ten years. Despite its Hasidic origins, the rituals of worship were inspired by the American counterculture movement, and attracted young, non-affiliated Jews. The congregation eventually disbanded, and some of the congregants relocated to Israel, founding Moshav Mevo Modi'im in 1975. History Carlebach, a rabbi and singer-songwriter founded a synagogue inspired by the counterculture of the 1960s. Carlebach called his congregants "holy hippielech" ("holy hippies"). Many of Carlebach's followers soon began practicing Judaism according to the Orthodox tradition. A second house, located at 1456 9th Avenue, in the Sunset district, was acquired during the early 1970s and served as a ye ...
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Haight-Ashbury
Haight-Ashbury () is a district of San Francisco, California, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. It is also called the Haight and the Upper Haight. The neighborhood is known as one of the main centers of the counterculture of the 1960s. Location The district generally encompasses the neighborhood surrounding Haight Street, bounded by Stanyan Street and Golden Gate Park on the west, Oak Street and the Golden Gate Park Panhandle on the north, Baker Street and Buena Vista Park to the east and Frederick Street and Ashbury Heights and Cole Valley neighborhoods to the south. The street names commemorate two early San Francisco leaders: pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight, and Munroe Ashbury, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1864 to 1870. Both Haight and his nephew, as well as Ashbury, had a hand in the planning of the neighborhood and nearby Golden Gate Park at its inception. The name "Upper Haight" is also used by locals in c ...
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Rebirth And Development - All In Common Garden
Rebirth may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Film * ''Rebirth'' (2011 film), a 2011 Japanese drama film * ''Rebirth'' (2016 film), a 2016 American thriller film * ''Rebirth'', a 2011 documentary film produced by Project Rebirth * ''The Rebirth'' (film), a 2007 Japanese film directed by Masahiro Kobayashi * '' Mortal Kombat: Rebirth'', a 2010 short film * '' Jurassic World Rebirth'', an upcoming 2025 American science fiction film Music Bands and groups * Rebirth Brass Band, a New Orleans brass band * The Rebirth (band), a Los Angeles soul band * Rebirth, a record label which The March Violets have recorded under Albums and EPs * ''Rebirth'' (Aka Moon album), 1994 * ''Rebirth'' (Angra album), 2001 * ''Rebirth'' (Billy Childs album), 2017 * ''Rebirth'' (Gackt album), 2001 * ''Rebirth'' (Jennifer Lopez album), 2005 * ''Rebirth'' (Jimmy Cliff album), 2012 * ''Rebirth'' (Keith Sweat album), 2002 * ''Rebirth'' (Lil Wayne album), 2010 * ''Rebirth'' (Masami Okui a ...
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Really Really Free Market
The Really Really Free Market (RRFM) movement is a horizontally organized collective of individuals who form a temporary Market (economics), market based on an alternative gift economy. RRFM events are often hosted by people unaffiliated with any large organization, and are encouraged to sprout up by anyone, anytime, anywhere. The RRFM movement aims to counteract capitalism in a proactive way by creating a positive example to challenge the questioned myths of scarcity and competition. The name Really Really Free Market is itself a play on words as it is a reinterpretation and re-envisioning of the term ''free market'', which generally refers to an economy of competition governed by supply and demand. The RRFM holds as a major goal to build a community based on sharing resources, caring for one another and improving the collective lives of all. Markets often vary in character, but they generally offer both Good (economics and accounting), goods and Service (economics), services. A R ...
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Poverty
Poverty is a state or condition in which an individual lacks the financial resources and essentials for a basic standard of living. Poverty can have diverse Biophysical environment, environmental, legal, social, economic, and political causes and effects. When evaluating poverty in statistics or economics there are two main measures: ''absolute poverty'' which compares income against the amount needed to meet basic needs, basic personal needs, such as food, clothing, and Shelter (building), shelter; secondly, ''relative poverty'' measures when a person cannot meet a minimum level of living standards, compared to others in the same time and place. The definition of ''relative poverty'' varies from one country to another, or from one society to another. Statistically, , most of the world's population live in poverty: in Purchasing Power Parity, PPP dollars, 85% of ...
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Vegan
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products and the consumption of animal source foods, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A person who practices veganism is known as a vegan. The foundations of veganism include ethical, moral, environmental, health and humanitarian arguments. Strict veganism excludes all forms of animal use, whether in agriculture for labour or food (e.g., meat, fish and other animal seafood, eggs, dairy products such as milk or cheese, and honey), in clothing and industry (e.g., leather, wool, fur, and some cosmetics), in entertainment (e.g., zoos, exotic pets, and circuses), or in services (e.g., guide dogs, police dogs, hunting dogs, working animals, and animal testing, including medical experimentation and the use of pharmaceuticals derived from or tested on animals). A person who practices veganism may do so for personal health benefits or to reduce animal deaths, minimize ...
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Food Not Bombs
Food Not Bombs (FNB) is a loose-knit group of independent collectives, sharing free, usually vegan and vegetarian food with others. The group believes that corporate and government priorities are skewed to allow hunger to persist in the midst of abundance. To demonstrate this, FNB serves surplus food gathered from grocery stores, bakeries and markets which would otherwise go to waste, or occasionally has already been thrown away. The group exhibits a form of franchise activism. Background and principles Food Not Bombs is an all-volunteer global movement sharing free, usually vegan meals as a protest against war and poverty. Each chapter collects surplus food from grocery stores, bakeries, and that would otherwise go to waste and occasionally collects items from garbage dumpsters when stores are uncooperative. FNB also accepts donations from local farmers, then prepares free community meals which are offered to anyone who is hungry. Meals are usually vegan or vegetarian, a ...
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Department Of Agriculture V
Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, for example: **Departments of Colombia, a grouping of municipalities **Departments of France, administrative divisions three levels below the national government **Departments of Honduras **Departments of Peru, name given to the subdivisions of Peru until 2002 **Departments of Uruguay *Department (United States Army), corps areas of the U.S. Army prior to World War I *Fire department, a public or private organization that provides emergency firefighting and rescue services *Ministry (government department), a specialized division of a government *Police department, a body empowered by the state to enforce the law * Department (naval) administrative/functional sub-unit of a ship's company. Other uses * ''Department'' (film), a 2012 Bollywoo ...
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Food Conspiracy
Food Conspiracy is a term applied to a movement begun in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1968 in which households pooled their resources to buy food in bulk from farmers and small wholesalers and distribute it cheaply. The name came to describe a loose network of autonomous collectives which shared common values and, in many cases, suppliers.Rosen, Laurel; McGrane, SallyThe Revolution Will Not Be Catered: How Bay Area food collectives of the `60s set the stage for today's sophisticated tastes.''San Francisco Chronicle.'' 8 March 2000. Many participants were seeking an alternative to supermarkets and became involved to obtain direct control of the quality and type of food they were sourcing, with a strong focus on wholefoods and organic produce. The adoption of the name 'food conspiracy' has been described by a participant as a "response to the Nixon- Agnew rhetoric of the time (which) had us all as communist conspirators against the state, the war and public morality." Many leaf ...
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