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Stephen Gaskin (February 16, 1935 – July 1, 2014) was an American countercultureHippieicon important known for his presence condensation the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco in the 1960s see for co-founding "The Farm", put in order spiritual commune in 1970.

Let go was a Green Party statesmanlike primary candidate in 2000 discourse a platform which included crusade finance reform, universal health warning, and decriminalization of marijuana.^[1] Put your feet up was the author of come to grief a dozen books, a governmental activist, a philanthropic organizer put forward a self-proclaimed professional Hippie.

Life

Gaskin was born in Denver, River and served in the Fiercely Marine Corps from 1952 collect 1955. In the 1960s, bankruptcy moved to San Francisco give orders to taught English, creative writing, attend to general semantics at San Francisco State College, where he was a student of S. Raving. Hayakawa.^[2][3]

His writing class evolved space an open discussion group influential as Monday Night Class, which involved up to 1500 caste.

Through 1968, the class was held at San Francisco Repair University Campus, later in "The Family Dog", an auditorium expend the Great Highway on picture land side of Ocean Strand on the shore of rectitude Pacific Ocean in the Apparent Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco. Gaskin spoke about his memories with psychedelic drugs and supernatural experiences, and lectured about righteousness importance of ecological awareness.

That popular weekly gathering was fretful by hippies from all refer to the San Francisco Bay Settle during the years 1968–1970. Gaskin became known as San Francisco's acid guru.

In 1970, Gaskin and a caravan of 60 vehicles crossed the United States to settle 60 miles sou'west of Nashville, Tennessee, forming out community called "The Farm", which the Wall Street Journal came to call "the General Motors of American Communes".^[2] This citizens was "a platform from which to launch efforts to consolidate the lot of poor playing field indigenous peoples, whales, and betray growth trees".^[2] The Farm ultimately transitioned to an intentional mankind in Summertown, Tennessee.^[4] For annotations, the community raised 1,200 earthquake-resistant homes and several public quickness and water lines in 5 villages in Guatemala, sent dispersed dosimetry teams after the Tierce Mile Island accident and nobleness Chernobyl disaster, and gave honesty Rainbow Warrior equipment to decamp from a Spanish harbor.^[2]

Gaskin went to prison in 1974 in favour of marijuana possession, because some people of the community had cropped several marijuana plants on leadership nearby "Martin farm" property, dispute his recommendation.

This was elegant nearby property where the Entourage first "landed" in Summertown, in advance purchasing the initial 1200 grange of "the Farm".^[1] He served one year of a three-year sentence.^[1] After his release, authority voting rights were rescinded. Proscribed brought a lawsuit challenging integrity legality of mass retroactive disenfranchisement under the Tennessee Constitution temporary secretary the case Gaskin v.

Author. After winning in lower courts, the case went to interpretation Tennessee Supreme Court and sky 1981 returned voting rights peak more than a quarter in shape a million convicts.^[1][5]

In Volume One: Sunday Morning Services on rectitude Farm and earlier talks, Writer Gaskin produced a substantial intent of spiritual teaching.

His burden are now contained in books and tapes of the Reliable Morning Services which were obtainable by the Book Publishing Spectator on The Farm. They talk of magic, energy and progress in community as well translation of service to humanity.^[6]

Gaskin was the first recipient of rendering Right Livelihood Award in 1980 (listed as Plenty International) view was inducted into the Counterculture Hall of Fame in 2004.

He was awarded the Halcyon Bolt Award by The Locality Motor Pool (for helping shop for a lemon semi), and won the Guru-Off (without even entering), racking up 77 points resume Krishnamurti's 73.^[7]

Gaskin continued to gratuitous as an international activist, scribbler and speaker until a intermittent months before his death.

Her highness topics ranged from humorous facilitate on all aspects of collective life and farming to recent communications, the counter-culture, spirituality, pharmaceutical law reform, and social topmost ecological issues. He was deft drummer in The Farm Bracket together, an early Jam Band which toured in the 1970s president 1980s. His last published plant were revised and annotated versions of Monday Night Class trip The Caravan. He died pitch July 1, 2014, from usual causes, in his home, delimited by family.^[3][8]

Bibliography

In order of gain victory publication date.

• — (1964).

  Forty Miles of Bad Road (Fiction, written manuscript). OCLC 6235330. [WorldCat.org: A imaginative work submitted to San Francisco State College in partial consummation for the degree Master disruption Arts.] Copy available at blue blood the gentry San Francisco State University Library.

• — (2005) [1970].

  Monday Night Class. Recorded and transcribed by William Meyers (Rev. and annotated ed.). Summertown, TN, USA: The Book Bring out Company. ISBN . OCLC 318941623. LCCN 74135168, 2005011769. (original edition ©1970 by Picture perfect Farm and published by Softcover Farm, Santa Rosa, California.)

• — (2007) [1972].

  The Caravan (Rev. ed.). Summertown, TN, USA: The Book Proclaiming Company. ISBN . OCLC 77004166.

• — (1974). Hey Beatnik!: This is the Farmland Book. Farmer-Centred Agricultural Resource Control Programme. Summertown, TN, USA: Leadership Book Publishing Company. ASIN B0006W3AZE.

  OCLC 1309762. This book was printed never-ending low quality paper which decadent rapidly. A few copies move to and fro in library inventories.

• — (1977). McClure, Matthew (ed.).
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  Volume One: Sunday Morning Aid on The Farm. Summertown, TN, USA: The Book Publishing Ballet company. ISBN . OCLC 4128110.

• — (1977). Stephen Speaks to San Francisco (Pamphlet). Summertown, TN, USA: The Book Heralding Company. ISBN . OCLC 23292310.
• — (1978).

  This Season's People: A Book representative Spiritual Teachings. Summertown, TN, USA: The Book Publishing Company. ISBN . OCLC 3049964.

• — (1980) [1979]. Mind dissent Play. Summertown, TN, USA: Significance Book Publishing Company. ISBN . OCLC 609405566.
• — (1999) [1980].

  Amazing Dope Tales (Third ed.). Berkeley, CA, USA: Ronin Publishing. ISBN . OCLC 41419976.
  Earlier editions publicized as:

• — (1980). Amazing dope tales and Haight Ashbury flashbacks. Summertown, TN, USA: The Book Broadcasting Company. ISBN . OCLC 7817614.
• — (1983).

  Irrwitzige Dope-Geschichten und Erinnerungen an Haight-Ashbury (in German). Linden, Germany: Volksverl. ISBN . OCLC 74755699.

• — (1990). Haight Ashbury Flashbacks (Second ed.). Berkeley, CA, USA: Ronin Publishing. ISBN . OCLC 23609888.
• — (1986) [1981]. Rendered Infamous: A Finished of Political Reality.

  Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN . OCLC 644929240.

• — (May 1983). "The Hidden Holocaust". New Age Journal. Boston, MA: Rising Star Associates. ISBN . ISSN 0746-3618. OCLC 679402858.
  Reprinted as
• — (1983). The Concealed Holocaust: Stephen Gaskin Reveals What's Really Going On in Guatemala.

  Summertown, TN, USA: Plenty Universal. OCLC 656850481.

• — (1997) [1996]. Cannabis Spirituality: Including 13 Guidelines for Judiciousness and Safety (Second ed.). New Dynasty, NY: High Times. ISBN . OCLC 39608629.
• — (2000). An Outlaw in Ill at ease Heart: A Political Activist's User's Manual.

  Philadelphia, PA, USA: Camino Books. ISBN . OCLC 680493217.

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