Anarchism; socialism; feminism; anti-imperialism; environmentalism; archaeology and anthropology; Goddess spirituality; ganja; sex magick; psychedelic shamanism; rural life; Rainbow Gatherings and other expressions of counterculture; revolution, rebellion, and resistance. Community organizing and direct action. Laughter and irreverence.
Kind and sane like-minded folks. Progressives--and I define this VERY broadly, preferred. Racists, sexists, Republicans, reactionaries, and other types of backward thinking folks should try to make friends elsewhere.
In no particular order, Bob Dylan; Velvet Underground; Alejandro Escovedo; Patti Smith; The Doors; Loreena McKennitt; Pink Floyd; Ani DiFranco; Sophie B. Hawkins; Neil Young; Bob Marley; Bunny Wailer; Gram Parsons; Rage Against The Machine; Richard Thompson; Dar Williams; Grateful Dead; John Coltrane; Gil Scott-Heron; Sun Ra; Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan; Deeya; Emmylou Harris; P-Funk and all its players; Fela Kuti; Transglobal Underground; Billy Bragg; Ozomatli; Nancy Griffith; Sonic Youth; Catawampus, and many, many more... I like to believe that I like the "good stuff" across many musical styles and genres--I don't have a "My music's cool--your music sucks" kind of mentality..
Those that celebrate the things I like
The World Link TV channel rocks. I enjoy good movies and documentaries as well.
As a rare book dealer, don't get me started! I live in a farmhouse with about 20,000 volumes and am an information worker by education and training. I don't read as much fiction as I perhaps should--I find the real world endlessly fascinating and it reflects in my collection.
John Brown; Harriet Tubman; Louise Michel; Che Guevara; Emma Goldman; Emiliano Zapata and the Zapatistas; Kropotkin; Tecumseh; Durruti; Pedro Albizu Campos; Rosa Luxemburg; John Sinclair; Abbie Hoffman; Malcolm X; George Jackson; Assata Shakur; Dr. Mutulu Shakur; Bernardine Dohrn; Marilyn Buck; Steve Biko; David Gilbert; Kuwasi Balagoon; Filiberto Ojeda Rios; Amilcar Cabral; Frantz Fanon; Leonard Peltier; Angela Davis; Mumia Abu Jamal; Rachel Corrie; Anne Braden, the Oaxaca Commune, and all the beautiful sisters and brothers worldwide struggling to be free. Would you like to be my newest hero(ine)?