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Communal experiments old and new prove

longevity and vitality of the movement

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Gary A Schlueter
Jul 14, 2025
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Over the years I’ve watched as the back-to-earth movement sort of dissolved in a whimper of materialism brought on by the likes of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. I remember buying a book in Ann Arbor which listed all the intentional communities in every state plus several provinces in Canada. It listed the name, the type of community it…

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