But when we consider the issues that were the focus of their activism – opposition to the Vietnam war and apartheid and support for Indigenous land rights, women's liberation, gay rights and trade unions – things look a little different.
It is the concept of pension liberation – the right for people not to have to buy an annuity with their retirement savings – that has hit insurance firms.
Yet the door to liberation is right here, hiding in plain sight - ready to lead us out of the matrix of delusion and obscuration.
But along with the struggle for social justice and national liberation, the right to resist tyranny and occupation, and profound opposition to racism and imperial power, that is part of the real legacy of Nelson Mandela.
That next stage of human liberation is right in front of us.
New York in the 1960s was a hotbed for progressive causes of every stripe, including women's liberation, civil rights, opposition to the Vietnam War and the Cuban Revolution.
Also included are subject files, clippings, reports, and articles pertaining to gay liberation, politics, rights, social and cultural issues, and journalism.
This part of London played host to a collective of individuals inspired by the theory and practice of liberation, civil rights and other protest movements popular in the US and UK at the time.
