Remaking Radicalism
A Grassroots Documentary Reader of the United States, 1973-2001
Remaking Radicalism
A Grassroots Documentary Reader of the United States, 1973-2001
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The first anthology of US radicalisms that reveals the depth, diversity, and staying power of social movements after the close of the long 1960s. Editors Dan Berger and Emily Hobson track the history of popular struggles to readers the political upheavals that shaped the end of the century and that continue to define the present.
A collection that does not so much mirror the present as it does tradition the present, locating present concerns in a set of stories, practices, and values that have circulated over the past half century and that still have pull for progressives today. This vibrant collection brings together a stunning array of hard-to-find texts to create an indispensable treasury of radical thought and practice in the United States. With this smartly curated volume, Berger and Hobsonhave created a vital resource for scholars and activists, highlighting the key debates and players across forty complex years of grassroots radical organizing.
Dan Berger is a professor of comparative ethnic studies at the University of Washington, Bothell, and the author of the award-winning Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era, among other titles. He writes regularly for Black Perspectives, Truthout, and the Washington Post and has published articles in several scholarly journals. He is a founding coordinator of the digital archive Washington Prison History Project.
Emily K. Hobson is associate professor of history and gender, race, and identity at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the author of Lavender and Red: Liberation and Solidarity in the Gay and Lesbian Left. Her work has appeared in the Journal of American History, the Journal of Transnational American Studies, and several anthologies, as well as through magazines, podcasts, and radio. She serves as co-chair of the national organization the Committee for LGBT History.
A collection that does not so much mirror the present as it does tradition the present, locating present concerns in a set of stories, practices, and values that have circulated over the past half century and that still have pull for progressives today. This vibrant collection brings together a stunning array of hard-to-find texts to create an indispensable treasury of radical thought and practice in the United States. With this smartly curated volume, Berger and Hobsonhave created a vital resource for scholars and activists, highlighting the key debates and players across forty complex years of grassroots radical organizing.
Dan Berger is a professor of comparative ethnic studies at the University of Washington, Bothell, and the author of the award-winning Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era, among other titles. He writes regularly for Black Perspectives, Truthout, and the Washington Post and has published articles in several scholarly journals. He is a founding coordinator of the digital archive Washington Prison History Project.
Emily K. Hobson is associate professor of history and gender, race, and identity at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the author of Lavender and Red: Liberation and Solidarity in the Gay and Lesbian Left. Her work has appeared in the Journal of American History, the Journal of Transnational American Studies, and several anthologies, as well as through magazines, podcasts, and radio. She serves as co-chair of the national organization the Committee for LGBT History.