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Commune Life and Perils in the Alternative Society
An AP report by Ken Hartnett investigates communes in the Alternative Society, detailing finances, childrearing, sexual norms, and health issues. It profiles Soaring Hawk, the Fecund Family in Seattle, and a Cambridge activist, noting mobility, tension, and periodic violence within and around communes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Hartnett
Seattle
Wash
Soaring Haw
Prancing Bear
Yukon
Soaring Hawk
Arnie
America
Brook Farm
New Harmonny
Paul
New Mexico
John McGrane
Ecology-Action
Cambridge
Joy
Milwaukee