Counterculture
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A counterculture is a culture whose values and norms of behavior are opposed to those of the current mainstream society, and sometimes diametrically opposed to mainstream cultural mores. A countercult
An anti-Vietnam War protestor offering a flower to military police in Arlington, Virginia, in 1967
Abbie Hoffman, leader of the countercultural protest group the Yippies
Members of the military police keep back anti-Vietnam War protestors during their sit-in at the Pentagon in 1967
1971 edition of the Australian underground press magazine Oz
Levellers
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The Levellers were a political movement active during the English Civil War who were committed to popular sovereignty, extended suffrage, equality before the law and religious tolerance. The hallmark
Counterculture
…reach critical mass, countercultures can trigger dramatic cultural changes. Prominent examples of countercultures in the Western world include the Levellers (1645–1650), Bohemianism (1850–1910), the more fragmentary counterculture of the Beat Generation (1944–1964), and the globalized counterculture of the…
Commemoration plaque for two Levellers in Gloucester Green, Oxford.
Plaque commemorating three Levellers shot at the command of Oliver Cromwell in Burford.