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Title:Diverse Reports: Hippies Strike Back/The Convoy Strikes Back
Date:10th June 1986
Summary:THIS DIVERSE REPORTS ALLOWS THE MEMBERS OF THE PEACE CONVOY - JUST EVICTED FROM THE NEW FOREST - THE CHANCE TO REPLY TO THEIR CRITICS. DIVERSE SPENT SEVERAL DA YS WITH THE HIPPIES ON THE HAMPSHIRE CAMPSITE. IN A THOUGHTFUL SERIES OF INTERVIEWS, MEMBERS OF THE CONVOY GIVE THEIR VIEWS ABOUT THE RECENT EVICTIONS AN D EXPLAIN WHAT MOTIVATES THEM TO LIVE THE WAY THEY DO. THEY EXPLAIN THEIR FEELI NGS TOWARDS THE POLICE, WHY THEY ARE NOT SCROUNGERS, WHY THE CONVOY CAMPS ARE SA FER PLACES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN THAN MOST INNNER CITY AREAS, WHY THEY KEEP HEROIN OFF THE CAMPSITE AND HOW THE CONVOY HAS BECOME A HAVEN FOR EX-ADDICTS TRYING TO KICK THE HABIT, WHY THEY PREFER LIVING THE WAY THEY DO TO A LIFE IN THE CITIES.