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Dick J. Reavis on Mark Rudd’s ‘Underground,’ and the 1969 SDS Split
Bernardine Dohrn, of the Radical Youth Movement faction of SDS — and later of Weatherman — addresses the SDS convention in Chicago in 1969, at which the Progressive Labor Party was “expelled.” Mark Rudd, author of Underground, is to Dohrn’s … Continue reading
Tancredo Confrontation at Chapel Hill : An Inside View
Former Republican Conressman Tom Tancredo is confronted by demonstrators at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill campus Tuesday night, April 14, 2009. Photo by Sam Wardle / IndyWeek.com. Vocal demonstrators in Chapel Hill, N.C., shut down a campus appearance by … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, Racism, SDS, Social Protest, Student Activism, White Supremacists
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Judy Gumbo Albert : It’s ‘Celebrate 60s Radicals’ Week!
Judy Gumbo with (left) Stew Albert and Jerry Rubin, May, 1971. Photo from yippiegirl.com.In California this week, book signings, an historic poster exhibition, a theatrical event and a ‘Champion of Justice’ award all shine a light on Sixties activists and … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Judy Gumbo Albert, Mark Rudd, SDS, Sixties, The Left, The Movement, Weathermen, Yippies
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Franklin Rosemont, Surrealist Author, Artist and Activist, 1943-2009
Franklin Rosemont at Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS) National Convergence in Chicago, November 9-11, 2007. Photo by Thomas Good / Next Left Notes.Franklin Rosemont, surrealist revolutionary, died Sunday, April 12, at the age of 65. Franklin, 65, came from … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Deaths, IWW, MDS, SDS, Sixties, Social Activism, Surrealism, The Left
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Alice Embree : Easter Weekend at the Ranch
Alice Embree, with Jeff Shero (left) and Duncan Echelson, shown at LBJ Ranch during a peace vigil on Easter in 1965. This UPI telephoto was reproduced in Prairie Radical, a memoir by former Austin activist Robert Pardun.An Activist History of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin, Iraq War, Peace Movement, SDS, Social Action, Student Movement, Texas, Vietnam
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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin on Mark Rudd : Underground, Again
Underground, AgainMark Rudd’s ‘Underground: My Life with SDS and the Weathermen’ A charismatic individual with very little sustained radical organizing, he came out of nowhere at a crucial moment in the 1960s and was instantly catapulted into the national spotlight. … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Mark Rudd, SDS, Sixties, Weather Underground, Weathermen
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Thomas Good : An Interview With Mark Rudd
Mark Rudd speaks at the West End Bar in New York last week. Photo by Thomas Good / NLN. Beneath the gray beard and the wrinkles I could clearly see the boyish face of the 20-year-old SDS leader. By Thomas … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Interview, Mark Rudd, SDS, Sixties, Weather Underground, Weathermen
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Student Protests in Solidarity with Palestine Cross the Atlantic
At a Campus Sit-In Against Israeli Occupation: An Interview with Three ParticipantsBy Ron Jacobs / February 13, 2009 On Friday, February 6, the University of Rochester-SDS (UR-SDS) organized an occupation of Goergen Hall at the University of Rochester for peace … Continue reading
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The KKK in the news today… and back in Sixties Houston.
The Klan recruiting in the Panhandle; Klan cop in Florida; a Klansman says ‘I’m sorry.’ (Oh… and how they shot us up in the Sixties!) By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | February 9, 2009 As if things weren’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Dreyer Galleries, Houston, Houston Police, John Lewis, KKK, KPFT, Margaret Webb Dreyer, Pacifica, Right-wing Violence, SDS, Sixties, Space City, Texas, Thorne Dreyer
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Bill Ayers : Lawmaker Calls for His Ouster; Graphic Memoir to be Published
University of Illinois at Chicago professor Bill Ayers talks to a reporter in 2008. Illinois State Sen. Larry Bomke wants Ayers removed from his university post under a proposal that says anyone who has committed an act of violence against … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Educators, SDS, Weather Underground, William Ayers
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The Real Bill Ayers Stands Up
I was cast in the ‘unrepentant terrorist’ role; I felt at times like the enemy projected onto a large screen in the ‘Two Minutes Hate’ scene from George Orwell’s ‘1984,’ when the faithful gathered in a frenzy of fear and … Continue reading
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Tagged Colleges, Obama Campaign, Obama Smear Campaign, Peace Movement, SDS, Sixties, Vietnam, Weather Underground, William Ayers
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