Knowing nothing about this unpublished new book, I would like to
recommend, as the best book thus far on the Sixties, one that has had
little attention in the usual sources because it does not set out to be
academic, although contributed to largely by professors (Leon Litwack,
Clayborne Carson, etc.]. Presented as a coffee-table picture book, it is
titled THE WHOLE WORLD'S WATCHING: Peace and Social Justice Movements of
the 1960s and 1970s, and was published last year by the Berkeley Art
Center Association. The 23 essays are on, and virtually all by, the full
spectrum of movements: anti-HUAC, civil rights, FSM, Vietnam War, peace,
women's, lesbian and homosexual, Latino, Native American, disability,
environmentalism. It is the thoughtfulness of the authors, plus the fact
that all were either participants or contemporary observers of the
events, that makes it so fine a contribution to historiography. The
Berkeley Art Center Association is at 1275 Walnut St., Berkeley, CA,
94709. <berkeleyartc@earthlink.net> . www.berkeleyartcenter.org. I have
no idea as to whether examination copies are offered.
William Mandel
John C Mcmillian wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Along with Paul Buhle, I've co-edited a book called "The New Left
> Re-Examined," which (fingers crossed) is coming out next fall from Temple
> University Press. Briefly, this is a collection of revisionist
> essays on the New Left, written by scholars who are too young to have had
> any first-hand experience with the movement. They come from a variety of
> perspectives, but most of them dissent, in some fashion, from the current
> orthodoxy of historical writing on the New Left. The Table of Contents is
> listed below.
>
> Anyhow, I'm writing this listserve because Temple wants the names and
> addresses of of professors who teach courses on the Sixites, or on American
> Radicalism, who might be interested in assigning such a book - presumably to
> send them examination copies. So if anyone fits this description, please feel
> free to send me a private email and I'll put you on the list!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> John
>
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My autobiography, SAYING NO TO POWER (Creative Arts, Berkeley, 1999),
was written for the general reader. However, if you teach in the social
sciences consider it for student reading. It is a history of how the
American
people fought to defend and expand its rights in my lifetime, employing
the form of the life story of one who was involved in most serious
movements: labor, student, peace with the USSR, civil rights South and
North, civil
liberties (I seriously damaged the Senate Internal Security Committee,
the McCarthy Committee, and the House Un-American Activities Committee
with spectacular testimonies that may be heard/seen on my website,
http://www.billmandel.net ), the RADIO OF DISSENT (37 YEARS ON
PACIFICA),
with very extensive information on its history) and the feminist
movement,
although I am male. The book contains some fifty pages on my late wife,
Tanya, appearing appropriately throughout the book. They may be found in
the index under Mandel, Tanya. My activities began in 1927. I am 84. The
book
is available through all normal sources. If you want an autographed
copy,
send me $23 at 4466 View Pl., Apt. 106, Oakland, CA. 94611
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