<html> When, in the spring of 1970, a bunch of us walked out of classes at my high school to protest the invasion of Cambodia, I did so in no small part because a friend's slightly older brother told me that some college kids from Stony Brook were coming over to help, and that there would be bra-less females among them.   Such were the roots of my political consciousness raising.   Raising my feminist consciousness appears to be a lifelong project. Cliff <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>It is noteworthy that during periods when the left was most successful in the US, there existed broader "countercultures" which provided people with relatively enjoyable experiences linked to political activism.  For example back in the 1930s and 1940s the CPUSA functioned within a broader Popular Front culture which encompassed a thriving literary culture and a thriving popular culture which included within its scope popular entertainment figures like Frank Sinatra (subject of an article in the latest issue of Science & Society). The same also applied for the 1960s New Left.  No doubt much of the appeal that groups like SDS and SNCC enjoyed back in the '60s was that they were often the places where the "coolest" people on campus were to be found. Jim F. > > Doug > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today!  For your FREE software, visit: <a href="http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/" eudora="autourl">http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/</a>.</blockquote></html>