Welcome back to the re-education.

In this episode, I look at when John Lennon stopped giving peace a chance and started hanging

out with the Black Panthers.

New York City, 1971, Free Angela, Free John Sinclair.

Power to the People Write On, how the most interesting Beatle got radical.

My guest is Nick Gillespie, editor at large for Reason magazine.

Keep it locked.

This is a good one.

We came here not only to help John and to spotlight what's going on,

but also to show and to say to all of you that apathy, isn't it,

and that we can do something.

Okay, so flower power power didn't work, so what?

We start again.

This song I wrote for John Sinclair.

Well, that was John Winston-Lennon on December 10, 1971, at Ann Arbor, Michigan.

He was the headliner, but he was not the only star.

There was Alan Ginsberg.

Oh, dear John Sinclair, we pray you leave your jailhouse. a young Bob Seeker

A young Bob Seeker

If you want to get some looking like the boys can play

Living Legend

For once in my life I have someone who needs me, someone I'm Living legend Black Panther co-founder Bobby Seal

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