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But interesting, nevertheless….

On April 16, 1970, a federal grand jury indicted the Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) leaders for conspiracy to riot in planning a February 17, 1970 demonstration in Seattle.

One of the members, Jeff Dowd, went on to be a big Hollywood agent. He goes by the name “The Dude”.

The Coen Brothers made a film about him called “The Big Lebowski”.

It become an underground hit. Now it has a cult following and a group of fans have festivals and film screenings and bowling and costume parties all based on the film.

The next “Lebowski Fest” is coming to Seattle March 9th.

And Jeff Dowd, the actual real live “Dude” and one of the original Seattle Seven, will be in attendance.

Grow-a-Brain loves The Big Lebowski

Looks like someone’s got their panties in a bunch over Jack London’s “War of the Classes” The Scab, from a speech first given before the Oakland Socialist Party Local, April 5, 1903. Those who enjoy that might also like The Question of the Maximum
a speech first given before the Oakland Section of the Socialist Labor Party on Sunday, November 26, 1899 at the Grand Army of the Republic.

Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.

Thomas Sowell (1930 - ), Is Reality Optional?, 1993