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Peter Berg and Hells Angel Bill "Sweet Willie Tumbleweed" Fritsch reading at "Nowsense" intervention on steps of City Hall, 1966.
Photo: © Chuck Gould, all rights reserved.
Poetry rolls out during a regular day at City Hall.
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Diggers and passersby 'digging' the unfolding events from City Hall steps.
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"News is" poster by The Diggers c 1967
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Public Nonsense Nuisance Public Essence Newsense Public News
The Public is Any Fool On The Street
The Public is Any Fool On The Street
PUBLIC INFORMATION FOOLS ALL OF THE PUBLIC ALL OF THE TIME
The Public is Any Fool On The Street
PUBLIC STREETS CONVEY MACHINES -- ONLY A FOOL WALKS IN TRAFFIC
The Public is Any Fool On The Street
The Public is Any Fool On The Street
Even nuns got into the act, Bill "Sweet Willie Tumbleweed" Fritsch reading behind them.
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Free SF flag waves in front of City Hall.
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Peter Berg making (now)sense outside City Hall.
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Bill "Sweet Willie Tumbleweed" Fritsch in foreground, outside City Hall
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Peter Berg speaking from side of City Hall.
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