Reflections on Haight-Ashbury: From Summer of Love to Troubling Decline

This chapter offers a critical exploration of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, tracing its decline from the iconic Summer of Love to its current challenges with addiction and homelessness. Through the lens of a Vietnam veteran's tragic story and the contrasting life of Peter Coyote, it critiques societal narratives and reflects on the complexities of radicalism.