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AADL Talks To David Fenton

While he was in town during the 40th anniversary of the John Sinclair Freedom Rally, we had the chance to sit down and chat with David Fenton about his time in Ann Arbor during the late 1960s and early 1970s. During these years David lived at the Hill Street Commune, worked on the Ann Arbor Sun, and helped with the campaign to free John Sinclair. David discusses Sinclair's influence on his personal and professional life; reflects on the excesses - both good and bad - of the countercultural movement as he experienced it, and its legacy 40 years later in its modern counterparts, including moveon.org and the Occupy Wall Street movement.

David also participated in our panel discussion, Culture Jamming: A Long View Back.

Debris from Bomb Blast at CIA Office in Ann Arbor Photographer: William B. Treml

Debris from Bomb Blast at CIA Office in Ann Arbor image
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1968
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 30, 1968
Caption:
How The CIA Office At 450 S. Main Looked After Blast
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Damage from Bomb Blast at CIA Office in Ann Arbor Photographer: William B. Treml

Damage from Bomb Blast at CIA Office in Ann Arbor image
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1968
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Ann Arbor News, September 30, 1968
Caption:
Bombed CIA Office: The explosive force of a dynamite bomb, set off last night outside the Central Intelligence Agency's Ann Arbor office at 450 S. Main St., shattered the glass front of the office and bent the bottom of the steel door frame, lower left. Furniture inside the office was overturned and all but one section of window draperies, center, were ripped from their moorings. The FBI is investigating.
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Newly Opened CIA Office in Ann Arbor Photographer: Eck Stanger

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1966
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Ann Arbor News, July 14, 1966
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FYI: The CIA: Below the balcony, between the trellis and the bush, is the office of John R. Forrester, the Central Intelligence Agency recruiter in Ann Arbor. Forrester's ""company"" will pay you from $3,385 to $24,500 a year for your talents, if your education and character meet the standards demanded and if you're smart enough to find Forrester's unmarked office on Main Street, you may qualify.
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AADL Talks To: Genie Parker

Genie Parker was the former "Minister of Foreign Affairs" for the White Panther Party, a leader in the Rainbow People's Party, and a candidate for the Human Rights Party in Ann Arbor's 3rd Ward in 1972. In this interview, Genie recalls life at the Hill Street commune where she lived from the late 1960s through early 1970s and reflects on the personalities of some of the people she lived and worked with, including Leni Sinclair, David Sinclair, artist Gary Grimshaw, and White Panther co-founder, Pun Plamondon.

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