Peter Edward Cook was an English comedian, actor, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-establishment comedic movement that emerged in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s.
Cook on Kraft Music Hall, 1969
Cook playing the character of E. L. Wisty in the revue Beyond the Fringe, 1962
Cook and Dudley Moore in London for the US television programme Kraft Music Hall
Cook (right) and Moore performing in the revue Good Evening on Broadway
An anti-establishment view or belief is one which stands in opposition to the conventional social, political, and economic principles of a society. The term was first used in the modern sense in 1958, by the British magazine New Statesman to refer to its political and social agenda. Antiestablishmentarianism is an expression for such a political philosophy. Anti-establishment positions vary depending on political orientation. For example, during the protests of 1968, anti-establishment positions generally emerged from left-wing, socialist, and anarchist circles. In the 2010s however, anti-establishment positions generally emerged from right-wing populist circles.
An anti-establishment sign at Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, in 2012.
As a hippie, Ken Westerfield helped to popularize Frisbee as an alternative disc sport in the 1960s and 1970s.