Voluntary Peasants, Life Inside the Ultimate American

Voluntary Peasants, Life Inside the Ultimate American Commune—THE FARM: Part 3—Manifesting a Shared Vision (Voluntary Peasants Labor of Love)

Obseve life in a grand experiment. A far-out journey deep into the psyche and mindscape of the 60s. Beyond sex, drugs and rock â€˜n rollâ€”beyond hippiesâ€”Humorist/Journalist Melvyn Stiriss sheds new light on the sixties when, as a UPI reporter, he followed the story of the times over the edge to live the story himself.
Stirissâ€”â€œI co-founded and lived thirteen years in Americaâ€™s biggest commune not undercover but as a full-fledged member of the hippie collective, living the dream, â€œsaving the world.â€ The idea of writing about the experience came after, when I realized the importance of reporting behind-the-scenes, everyday observations of one of the most-intriguing social experiments to come out of that heady era.â€
Enter what may seem another world. Entertaining, informative, true stories of Americaâ€™s biggest communeâ€”The Farmâ€”a remarkable bold attempt to â€œget out of the boxâ€ and create a better way of lifeâ€”Earth-friendly, people-friendly, eclectic, agrarian, vegan community and pioneering cannabis churchâ€”a commune awarded the Swedish Right Livelihood Awardâ€”â€œFor caring, sharing and acting with and on behalf of those in need at home and abroad.â€ An example of The Farmâ€™s humanitarian outreach, the author worked with Mayans and a crew from the community in remote villages after a devastating earthquake in Guatemalaâ€”building rural schools, clinics, houses and a clinic for Mother Teresa.

â€œImagine all the people living life in peace.â€â€”John Lennon
That was us! We had it going. Cool, fun, weaving of journalism, pathos and humor transports the reader on an entertaining, mind-expanding, psychedelic odyssey.
Over the collectiveâ€™s 13 years, 5,000 people lived and worked together as â€œvoluntary peasantsâ€ sharing labor, life and friendshipâ€”a path with heartâ€”working without payâ€”to create a globally-affordable, sustainable safe, sane, eclectic, agrarian, egalitarian, meaningful, fun lifestyle. The Farm was a grassroots, 24/7 peace demonstration.

Pooling resources, working together, we built our own townâ€”complete with farming, construction, motor pool, soy dairy, clinic, lab, doctors, midwives, bakery, cottage industries, FM radio station, solar-heated school, a dozen satellite communities and humanitarian outreach projects around the world. At peakâ€”1,450 people enjoyed Zero Unemployment, Universal Healthcare, and all necessities on $100/person a month!â€

This includes the authorâ€™s deeply personal spiritual student-teacher relationship with Stephen Gaskin; personal â€œyogasâ€ placed on him, â€œspiritual missionsâ€ to perform and what that all led too. We also examine surprising effects of group think.

The whole, remarkable 5-part story, Voluntary Peasants Labor of Love, will be available in print and Ebook Spring, 2016
Country USA
Manufacturer New Beat Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-06-09
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	New Beat Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-06-09
Format	Kindle eBook

Voluntary Peasants, Life Inside the Ultimate American Commune—THE FARM: Part 3—Manifesting a Shared Vision (Voluntary Peasants Labor of Love)

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