Alternative Economies, Underground Communities: A First Hand Account of Barter Fairs, Food Co-ops, Community Clinics, Social Protests and Underground Cultures in the Pacific Northwest & CA 1978-2012

This book takes an in-depth look at counter culture communities and barter activities from the late 1970's - 2012. A first-person account by the author includes many archival materials to illustrate events such as Rainbow Gatherings, spiritual cults and communes, food co-ops, community health clinics, street entertainment, independent media, protest culture and more. The book includes over 129 original graphics. This book also hosts a wide selection of graphics from radical, political zines from the Pacific Coast (WA, OR, CA) and Eastern States (NY, Vermont, NJ) of the U.S. and Australia. Organizations, movements and events discussed in this book include busking aka street performing, the Source Family, the Love Israel Family, Rainbow Gatherings, the Source Restaurant, Morningtown Pizza, Left Bank Books, Puget Consumers Co-ops, Ravenna Co-op, Phinney Ridge Co-op, Pea Patches, farmers markets, CSA's, Guerrilla Gardening, Midwifery, Naturopaths, Fremont Women's Clinic, Seattle Midwifery School, Miriamma Carson, The Grateful Dead, the Oregon Country Fair, Ken Kesey, Risk of Change Theater, Solar Energy, Mummery, Myth CA Pageant Protests, Beauty Pageant Protests, Ann Simonton, Nikki Craft, Beauty Activism, Miss Seafair Protests, Fat Activism, Menstruation Activism, Women's Sexuality, Body Electric, Paganism, Goddesses, the Women's Movement, Feminism, Women's History, Homelessness, Entertainment Activism, Hippies, Anarchists, Anti-Authoritarians, Zines, Alternative Press, Protest Culture, Eco-Defense, Earth First!, Street Medics, Infernal Noise Brigade, WTO Protests, LEIU Protests, Indy Media and Radical Technology Collectives. Author K.Anderberg lived through decades of counter culture experiences and shares those experiences with readers in this fascinating book.