Che's Last Letter

Che's last letter was a very moving to read. Che Guevara was a Cuban revolutionary and became a symbol of the freedom fighter. Che became very popular with the college students of the 1960s because of what he was doing and what he stood for. The letter is sad, it starts off with Che freezing under a blanket in the jungles of Bolivia with no supplies left. Although he was pretty much trapped at this point and eventually died in 1967 fighting this war, he never gave up hope and what he stood for. At the end of his letter, he even says that he is dying but isn't upset because of what he had accomplished for the future generations. He was in it all the way and never once second guessed himself. It was because of these reasons that college students and protesters looked up to him and Che Guevara became on the greatest symbols in freedom fighters to this day.

The Horrors of Altamont

On December 6, 1969, The Rolling Stones put on a free concert at the Altamont speedway in California. The idea was to imitate a Woodstock type festival and condense it into one day. At first everything seemed to be going well, but then someone died. The Hell's Angels were hired to run security at the concert and one of them ended up stabbing and killing a member of the crowd when a riot broke out during the show. Robert Hunter, the lyricist for the Grateful Dead, wrote a song about the tragedy and titled it "New Speedway Boogie". I feel that this concert ended the 1960s era. Not just because it was in December of 69 and in less then a month the decade was going to be over, but also because it opened the eyes of musicians, hippies, and different people. All the Rolling Stones wanted was to put on a free show for their fans and have that day be remembered. The concert at Altamont will surely be remembered, but mostly because of the tragedy that happened there.

"The Rules of the Game... When you're busted"

David Goines' "the rules of the game..." was a very interesting and very useful bulletin (I guess that is what I would call it). It simply explains what could happen if an officer stops you and what you should do. During the times, many hippies were being falsely arrested and convicted because the police were not properly following procedures. If one was stopped and the police started to search you and found something that could incriminate you, it would not hold up in court because the cops did not follow procedure. With this bulletin, Goines was trying to help the counterculture and show them what to do in case of a situation like this. Goines did not like the fact that the hippies were getting busted improperly and the police were getting away with it. Once this came out, the hippies knew what they could and could not due and the police had to start following procedure more and more.