The Abstract episode 11 “Hippies: Brought to You by the CIA”

By Peter A. Kirby

This week on The Abstract we will revisit the topic of the establishment being behind the hippie movement of the late 1960s. Acts like The Byrds, Frank Zappa The Doors and many others have extraordinary ties to the military industrial complex. Establishment CIA types were behind the explosion of drugs in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. Intrigued? You should be. Please join us on our continuing voyages of truth.

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