The seeds might go back farther. On Hermetix, there is an interview with Cambridge professor James Riley titled The Dark Origins of Counterculture. They discuss his latest publication The Bad Trip – Dark Omens, New Worlds and the End of the Sixties, and discuss counterculture, evil, poststructuralism, activism and control. I listened to it last night and thought it could be useful to you in your examination of the demonic infestation of the modern left, as they delve into the possible possession of the counterculture, the cultic phenomenon of Charles Manson, etc. They also talk about the hippies and the attempt to set up autonomous communities in San Fran/Berkley, and I though "Wow, that sounds like CHAZ/CHOP!" You might want to give it a listen; might help you make some comparisons or bring up other areas of today's left that need to be examined.

Joy Marie