The Counterculture’s Come-to-Jesus Moment
How a corruption of New Left ideology became fodder for the religious right.
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Illustration by Benedikt Luft
In October 30, 1971, the front page of the Augusta Chronicle ran an article on the decline of the New Left side by side with a report on a “modern Pentecost” sweeping the nation. The placement was fitting: hippies and Yippies alike competed over middle-class youths who had breathed the heady air of Haight-Ashbury and […]