Jan. 19, 1961: 63 years ago, Jan 18 1961, John Harrison Farmer opened fire with a shotgun [...]
63 years ago, Jan 18 1961, John Harrison Farmer opened fire with a shotgun at the office of UC Berkeley English professor Thomas Parkinson, bearing a note reading: “Death to all communists.” Parkinson was severely wounded, and graduate student Stephen Thomas was killed
Parkinson, who was not a communist, was a well-known left-wing academic and poet. He had been a member of Kenneth Rexroth’s bohemian anarchist “Libertarian Circle” and was one of the founders of free-form radio station KPFA
