doi:10.7916/s41p-2x73Oral history interview with Bill Weinberg, 2025Weinberg, Billoral historiesmixed materialHippiesPunk cultureAnarchismAnarchistsRadicalism--History.--New York (State)Revolutions--Central AmericaIndigenous peoples--Civil rightsJackson Heights (New York, N.Y.)Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)Tompkins Square Park (New York, N.Y.)Weinberg, BillCBGB OMFUG (Nightclub)Newtown High SchoolWBAI Radio (New York, N.Y.)Bill Weinberg begins the interview discussing his youth in Jackson Heights, Queens and his traveling to Manhattan in search of counterculture. He discusses various strains of counterculture in the late-1970s New York: Yippies, post-1960s hippies, punk rockers, cannabis advocates, and Rock Against Racism. He discusses the scenes at CBGB and Studio 10. He describes activism-related travels protesting presidential conventions and for indigenous rights. He describes the "gringo trail" of American leftists going to Central America in the 1980s and his own travels in Chiapas and Guatemala. He discusses activism in the Lower East Side in the later 1980s to 1990s. Dimensions of this include the Tompkins Square Park riot of 1988, squatter culture, economic conditions and homelessness, neighborhood demographics, and contradictions between punk activism and gentrification. He discusses writing and editing for Downtown, High Times, Native Americas, and CounterVortex. He describes he scene around the Libertarian Book Club/Anarchist Forum, and gives an overview of different anarchist factions and their histories. His discusses his time hosting the Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade (MORC) radio program on WBAI. He closes with some thoughts on the Arab Spring, the Syrian Civil War, the Rojava Kurds, and United States foreign policy