COMMUNITIES
Journal of Cooperative Living

Table of Contents/No. 97. Winter 1997

DEPARTMENTS

Letters
Community Grapevine
Reviews
Directory Update
Classifieds
Calendar
Reach

FOCUS

25th Anniversary Issue


From the Guest Editors
Alex McGee and Laird Sandhill
Lessons from the Communes
Whether liberating, painful, or simply a wild ride, most folks Deborah Altus interviewed about life in the heyday of the communes described it as life-changing.
"No Bad Vibes"
David Perkins  takes us on a lively tour of famous and infamous communes in the Rocky Mountain Southwest, circa 1965-75, and shows us where long-time members are today and what they got out of life in the communes.
Students' Stumbling Start-up Succeeds
Joel Welty  recalls the heady days of organizing student co-op houses in the 1950s, and what it taught him about diversity and democracy.
The Way We Were
When Paul Freundlich  was editor (1975-1984), Communities  magazine not only focused on communes, but urban co-operatives and social-change organizations as well.
25 Years of Communities
A nostalgic journey through communities and community living in North America since 1972, as chronicled in the pages of Communities. By Laird Sandhill.
The "Shadow Side" of Community: Denial and the Demise of Kerista
What really happened to this well-known polyfidelitous San Francisco community, and what can we learn from its mistakes? Long-time Keristan Mitch Slomiak  offers insights.
What Price Community?
Joyce Foote  explores the sensitive balance between our need for individual autonomy and the need for cooperation and give and take in communities.

COLUMNS

PUBLISHER'S NOTE--Snapshot of a Moving Target: The Communities Movement
Laird Sandhill
FELLOWSHIP NEWS--Fellowship Roots: Where We've Been, Where We Might Go
Al Anderson
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES--A Clash of Cultures: SpringLedge Ecovillage Project Foiled
Lisa Paulson
MY TURN--Annual Rainbow Gatherings Under Fire
Steven Wing
COMMUNITY LIVING WORLDWIDE--UFA-Fabrik: Berlin's Arts and Activist Commune
Bill Metcalf
PERIPATETIC COMMUNITARIAN--Feelings About Feelings: 25 Years Older...25 Years Wiser?
Geoph Kozeny

COMMUNITIES (ISSN 0199-9346) is published quarterly by Fellowship for Intentional Community at Route 1, Box 155-W, Rutledge, MO 63563.
Send editorial submissions to COMMUNlTIES, PO Box 169, Masonville, CO 80541-0169.
Send address changes to COMMUNITIES, 138-W Twin Oaks Road, Louisa, VA 23093.
Copyright 1998 by Fellowship for Intentional Community. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Opinions expressed by authors and correspondents are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher.
Community groups may reprint with permission. Please direct inquiries to COMMUNITIES, PO Box 169-W, Masonville, CO 80541; 970 593-5615.

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EDITOR
Diana Leafe Christian
GUEST EDITORS
Alex McGee (Twin Oaks)
Laird Sandhill (Sandhill Farm)
ART DIRECTOR
Paul DeLapa
DESIGN & PRODUCTION
Lansing Scott (Meridian House)
ILLUSTRATIONS
Billie Miracle (Womanshare), Eve Furchgott
CARTOONS
Jonathan Roth
PHOTOS
Jillian Downey, Paul Freundlich, Lucy Horton,
David Ostroff, David Perkins, Del Rainer
COPYEDITING
Tree Ivy Beth Bressen (Acorn)
PROOFREADING
Geov Parrish
REACH ADS
Patricia Greene
DIRECTORY UPDATE
Jonah "Cecil" Scheib (Dancing Rabbit)
BUSINESS MANAGER
Laird Sandhill (Sandhill Farm)
DATABASE MANAGER
Velma Kahn (Abundant Dawn)
CIRCULATION MANAGER
Valerie Renwick (Twin Oaks)
EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD
Betty Didcoct (Ties)
Geoph Kozeny (Community Catalyst Project)
Laird Sandhill (Sandhill Farm)