WJCT (Jacksonville, FL), “Co-Op Cafe Expands As Counter-Culture Hub In Downtown Jacksonville”

Info shops sprang up in the 1990s, often with counter-culture or anarchist tilts. Friar said Coniferous Cafe doesn’t adhere to one political philosophy, but rather aims to be a conduit to thinking outside the mainstream partisan divide. Continue Reading

The Oregonian, “Portland in the 1990s: dirty, weird, a place to disappear — and it’s deeply missed”

This was the Rose City where waves of Santa Clauses faced off with police in riot gear. Where anarchists in town for an “un-conference” broke windows and banged on parked cars as part of a planned “wandering vandalism” excursion. Portland in the 1990s was, of course, where Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love met. Continue Reading