Observations stimulated by Adam Shatz’s Rebel’s Clinic

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Ireland had been under nominal English control since the 1100s but across much of the island local Gaelic lords continued to enjoy great autonomy, similar to the highlands of Scotland. The English Crown’s efforts to extend its political control over the island during the 16th century inspired a rebellion among the Gaelic lords between […]

Whenever Doug Biggert (1941-2023) picked up a hitch-hiker in Northern California he took their picture. To make the  “explanation simpler”, and reassure hitchhikers of his intentions, he kept a binder full of his pictures to show them. What turned into a decades-long project began in 1973, when Biggert was hosting a twice-weekly late-night jazz … Continue reading "Riding With Strangers: California Hitchhikers in the 1970s" The post Riding With Strangers: California Hitchhikers in the 1970s appeared first on Flashbak.

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