Bearded poet Allen Ginsberg in a suit with an Uncle Sam hat.

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   Steve Silberman (stevesilberman@newsie.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 16:46:46 JST Steve Silberman

   True story: At the height of the Vietnam War in 1968, poet Allen Ginsberg phoned the White House and demanded to speak to Henry Kissinger, who amazingly came on the line. Ginsberg told him he should urge the White House to open up avenues of communication with the antiwar movement. Kissinger tried to sound agreeable, but when Ginsberg tried to broker a meeting between him and pacifist David Dellinger, it never happened. [photo by Fred McDarrah]