Chicago Trial Testimony
Testimony
By: Allen Ginsberg
Date: 1969
Source: Ginsberg, Allen. Chicago Trial Testimony. San Francisco: City Lights, 1975, 3–10.
About the Author: Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) was one of the best known writers of the Beat Movement and one of the few who continued to influence culture up until his death in the 1990s. His poem "Howl," along with his friend Jack Kerouac's On the Road, became leading literary influences on the Beats. He was politically active in the 1960s, leading the antiwar movement. He remained culturally active and continued to write until his death.
Introduction
The United States has fought many wars in its past, provoked varying levels of opposition. The War of 1812 was heavily opposed by the Federalist Party, which collapsed after the United States won the war. The Civil War (1861–1865), too, met with opposition in both the...
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