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and the news of the day. john jeter expresses his book on the globalization. washington journal is next. 40 years ago, they gathered at a farm in new york. people gathered for music, mud, camaraderie and chemicals. it was woodstock, which is now known as a generation. it is august 15, 2009. we will talk about woodstock for the first half-hour of the program. a couple of articles and pieces to look at to get us going. the first is from brett green who writes for the denver post.com under the title of a better america immersed from woodstock. he writes woodstock means little until you place it in the larger context of the society unravelling around the young adults. from their parents generation, they had absorbed rich idealism for social and economic justice. the piece by brett green and author in denver goes on to say, it was an interlude arriving in the context of more social and political upheaval than most americans have witnessed. it was a chaotic but peaceful ....