Fifty years ago a music festival redefined what was possible. No it wasnt Woodstock.
This past weekend was filled with nostalgia for Woodstock, which took place 50 years ago this month. The event is celebrated as a momentary Garden of Eden, a symbol of how capitalist greed and social ills gave way, for a few days at least, to communal fellowship and maybe even a kind of utopian politics. Woodstock still captivates some imaginations with what a popular music festival might do, but it is another rock music festival from August 1969, far less widely known, that might actually be the better one to remember for how it sparked political engagement.
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