Bread and Puppet Theater is still working to 'make the revolution irresistible'
toggle caption Timothy Chen Allen
Generations of peacenik Americans first saw Bread and Puppet Theater during anti-war protests. Giant white birds on rods soared high over marchers against U.S. military actions in Vietnam, Central America, Iraq and Gaza. Performers milled on the street with bobbing paper mache heads of Uncle Sam and other caricatures.
First founded in 1963, Bread and Puppet has been a mainstay of radical political performance, with its
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