THE HIPPIES --- A SUBCULTURE IN REBELLION Wen Yang (95) Twenty years ago, the United States witnessed the rebellion of its younger generation. These angry young people, known as the "Hippies', turned their backs upon the mainstream U.S. culture and formed their own "Hippie-culture" with its own set of values, moral codes and way of life. The Hippiedom, with its ups and downs, helps explain U.S. culture in the last two decades.