long, they were wearing beads, playing music on the street. it was just an incredible environment at that point, in the beginning. that s when it was just like one big, giant family. before you knew it, it was a congregating place for artists, and the dividing line seemed to be the psychedelic experience. you couldn t understand the posters, you couldn t understand the fashions, you couldn t understand anything if you hadn t gotten high. the diggers group scrounges food and money to feed free those who arrive in panhandle park with a bowl and an appetite. diggers are people who share, says their manifesto, and their aim is a society where everything is shared, everything free. the diggers were one of the first groups that were into social consciousness about what was needed to take care of this huge group of people that were coming into the haight-ashbury. their free shop looks more like a playground at first sight. here they make sheets and clothes for other hippies, who
that s when it was just like one big, giant family. before you knew it, it was a congregating place for artists, and the dividing line seemed to be the psychedelic experience. you couldn t understand the posters, you couldn t understand the fashions, you couldn t understand anything if you hadn t gotten high. the diggers group scrounges food and money to feed free those who arrive in panhandle park with a bowl and an appetite. diggers are people who share, aim is a society where nd their everything is shared, everything free. the diggers were one of the first groups that were into social consciousness about what was needed to take care of this huge group of people that were coming into the haight-ashbury. their free shop looks more like a playground at first sight. here they make sheets and clothes for other hippies, who can come and take what they want without paying anything for it.
that s why there s so much interest in the haight-ashbury. it offers hope. we lived right down the street from the psychedelic shop. people were growing their hair long, they were wearing beads, playing music on the street. it was just an incredible environment at that point, in the beginning. that s when it was just like one big, giant family. before you knew it, it was a congregating place for artists, and the dividing line seemed to be the psychedelic experience. you couldn t understand the posters, you couldn t understand the fashions, you couldn t understand anything if you hadn t gotten high. the diggers group scrounges food and money to feed free those who arrive in panhandle park with a bowl and an appetite. diggers are people who share, says their manifesto, and their aim is a society where everything is shared, everything free. the diggers were one of the first groups that were into social consciousness about what was needed to take care of this huge group of people t
those who arrive in panhandle park with a bowl and an appetite. diggers are people who share, says their manifesto, and their aim is a society where everything is shared, everything free. the diggers were one of the first groups into social consciousness about what was needed to take care of this huge group of people that were coming into the haight-ashbury. their free shop looks more like a playground at first sight. here they make sheets and clothes for other hippies, who can come and take what they want without paying anything for it. everything in the store was free tools, clothing, televisions. so we were inviting people to imagine a way of life that would please them, and then to make it real by doing it. what we re thinking about is a peaceful planet. we re not thinking about anything else. we re not thinking about any power, we re not thinking of any of those kinds of struggles. we re not thinking of revolution or war or any of that. that s not what we want. nobody wa