new left

"The year 1968 is recalled most of all as a year when revolution beckoned or threatened. On the 50th anniversary of that tumultuous year, cultural historians Robert Cottrell and Blaine T. Browne provide a well-informed, up-to-date synthesis of the events that rocked the world, emphasizing the revolutionary possibilities"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of essays by Ayn Rand that support reason, individualism, and laissez-faire capitalism.

Reveals the inside story of the FBI's attempts to neutralize political targets on both the Right and Left during the 1960s.

Traces the actions of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in their relation to other movements and demonstrates that the New Left's dissolution flowed directly from SDS's failure to break with traditional American notions of race, sex, and empire.

Describes the turmoil of the 1960's and 1970's in America as young, middle-class radicals from prosperous families attempted to overthrow the government by armed force. Conveys the intensity of moral purpose and political conviction that drove some of the radicals to violence and interprets the logic of these movements as well as the limits of dissent in democratic societies. Also illuminates pressing issues about the role of militancy in contemporary protest movements.

The untold story of the Weathermen and the Weather Underground from its incendiary beginnings to its tumultuous end. Uses dozens of in-depth interviews to trace the group's evolution in relation to civil rights, Black Power, and anti-war movements.

In 1964, Carl Oglesby, a young copywriter for a Michigan-based defense contractor, was asked to draft a campaign paper on the Vietnam War. The subsequent publication of that paper, in which he argued that the conflict was misplaced and unwinnable, would put him on the fast track to becoming the president of the protest movement, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).

A guide to more than four hundred landmarks across the United States, and focuses on places with progressive political history, and includes stops on the Underground Railroad, the courthouse that tried Susan B. Anthony, the site of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago, and many others.