Mostly vintage (up through 1980s) New York.

25th April 2013

Photo with 61 notes

Tompkins Sq Park, Memorial Day 1967 (source)

Tompkins Sq Park, Memorial Day 1967 (source)

Tagged: tompkins square parkmanhattanhippiesprotestnew york city

13th April 2013

Photo reblogged from Bygone Americana with 108 notes

bygoneamericana:

School children’s riot in New York, 1950.
By Ralph Morse

bygoneamericana:

School children’s riot in New York, 1950.

By Ralph Morse

Tagged: 1950sprotestnew york cityralph morse

6th December 2012

Photo reblogged from Retro New York with 30 notes

retronewyork:

NYC 1977 by dw*c on Flickr.

retronewyork:

NYC 1977 by dw*c on Flickr.

Tagged: new york city1970sprotestrichard nixon

3rd December 2012

Photo reblogged from CARPE DIEM with 115 notes

Probably the 1970s.

Probably the 1970s.

Tagged: women's liberationfeminismprotestnew york city1970s

19th November 2012

Link reblogged from FUCK YEAH, QUEER VINTAGE with 243 notes

FUCK YEAH, QUEER VINTAGE: Sylvia Rivera 10 Year Memorial →

thespiritwas:

“I was a radical, a revolutionist. I am still a revolutionist. I was proud to make the road and help change laws and what-not. I was very proud of doing that and proud of what I’m still doing, no matter what it takes.” Sylvia Rivera to Leslie Feinberg


(Sylvia…

Tagged: gay rightssylvia riveranew yorkprotest

Source: thespiritwas

17th November 2012

Photo with 49 notes

“It’s a traditional thing, this divisive infiltration. What I’m saying is that the confusion sown by the egocentric, elitist revolutionaries is the very same confusion that allows the police to bring in their double-agents. When you have a big tough guy with a loud voice, shouting everyone else down, claiming to be more revolutionary than them, and intimidating the middle-class yippies and yuppies, bohemians, kids, or poets — all who want to talk also, and may even want to have a dialogue with the community — that chaos is where paranoia gets in, and when paranoia sets in, that’s where the police enter, into that breach, and they begin to create even more confusion, and to split one group from another. Divide and conquer.”

- Allen Ginsberg comments (1988) on the “Bring the War Back Home” anti-Vietnam movement

(photo of Foley Square protesters, Mar 1969)

“It’s a traditional thing, this divisive infiltration. What I’m saying is that the confusion sown by the egocentric, elitist revolutionaries is the very same confusion that allows the police to bring in their double-agents. When you have a big tough guy with a loud voice, shouting everyone else down, claiming to be more revolutionary than them, and intimidating the middle-class yippies and yuppies, bohemians, kids, or poets — all who want to talk also, and may even want to have a dialogue with the community — that chaos is where paranoia gets in, and when paranoia sets in, that’s where the police enter, into that breach, and they begin to create even more confusion, and to split one group from another. Divide and conquer.”

- Allen Ginsberg comments (1988) on the “Bring the War Back Home” anti-Vietnam movement

(photo of Foley Square protesters, Mar 1969)

Tagged: 1960sallen ginsbergprotestvietnam warnew yorktompkins square parkfoley square

6th November 2012

Photo reblogged from proteste por favor: with 133 notes

Tagged: gay liberation frontprotestgay rightsnew york city

Source: commiepinkofag

27th October 2012

Photo reblogged from proteste por favor: with 267 notes

Tagged: proteststatue of libertywomen's liberationfeminism1970snew york

Source: airpunk

25th October 2012

Photo reblogged from proteste por favor: with 120 notes

willigula:

Pro-Vietnam War parade in New York City by Mary Ellen Mark, 1968

willigula:

Pro-Vietnam War parade in New York City by Mary Ellen Mark, 1968

Tagged: mary ellen markprotestvietnam warnew york city1960s

Source: willigula

24th October 2012

Photo reblogged from FUCK YEAH, QUEER VINTAGE with 2,730 notes

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

New York City


Think this is 1970s, not sure.

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

New York City

Think this is 1970s, not sure.

Tagged: gay rightslesbiannew york cityprotest1970s

Source: fuckyeahmarxismleninism