Protest Nation
Words That Inspired A Century of American Radicalism
Published on 11. May 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-59558-504-2 (ISBN)
Description
Historic writings by socialists, LGBT activists, environmentalists, and more: "An extraordinary collection of the voices of American dissidents." -Howard Zinn
Protest Nation is a guide to the speeches, letters, broadsides, essays, and manifestos that form the backbone of the American radical tradition in the twentieth century. With examples from socialists, feminists, union organizers, civil-rights workers, gay and lesbian activists, and environmentalists that have served as beacons for millions, the volume also includes brief introductory essays by the editors that provide a rich biographical and historical context for each selection. Included are:
*a fiery speech by socialist Eugene V. Debs
*an astonishing treatise on animal liberation by Peter Singer
*an excerpt from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
*Harvey Milk's "The Hope Speech"
*the original Black Panther Party Platform
*Peter Singer's astonishing treatise on animal liberation
*plus writings from Upton Sinclair, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Betty Friedan, Malcolm X, Cesar Chavez, and more
Protest Nation is a guide to the speeches, letters, broadsides, essays, and manifestos that form the backbone of the American radical tradition in the twentieth century. With examples from socialists, feminists, union organizers, civil-rights workers, gay and lesbian activists, and environmentalists that have served as beacons for millions, the volume also includes brief introductory essays by the editors that provide a rich biographical and historical context for each selection. Included are:
*a fiery speech by socialist Eugene V. Debs
*an astonishing treatise on animal liberation by Peter Singer
*an excerpt from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
*Harvey Milk's "The Hope Speech"
*the original Black Panther Party Platform
*Peter Singer's astonishing treatise on animal liberation
*plus writings from Upton Sinclair, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Betty Friedan, Malcolm X, Cesar Chavez, and more
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
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Height: 207 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
277 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59558-504-2 (9781595585042)
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Timothy Patrick McCarthy is Lecturer and Director of the Human Rights and Social Movements Program at the Harvard Kennedy School. Educated at Harvard College and Columbia University, where he received his PhD in History, he is co-editor of The Radical Reader (New Press, 2003) and Prophets of Protest (New Press, 2006). McCarthy was an outspoken critic of the Iraq War, and a founding member of Barack Obama's National LGBT Leadership Council.
John McMillian has Ph.D. in American history from Columbia University, and his dissertation was honored by the American Journalism Historians Association. He is author of Tom Paine's Children: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media (Oxford, 2010) and Beatles Vs. Stones: The History of a Legendary Rivalry (forthcoming, Free Press). His scholarly essays have appeared in Radical History Review, Rethinking History, and the Journal for the Study of Radicalism, and he is co-editor of The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and Culture.
John McMillian has Ph.D. in American history from Columbia University, and his dissertation was honored by the American Journalism Historians Association. He is author of Tom Paine's Children: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media (Oxford, 2010) and Beatles Vs. Stones: The History of a Legendary Rivalry (forthcoming, Free Press). His scholarly essays have appeared in Radical History Review, Rethinking History, and the Journal for the Study of Radicalism, and he is co-editor of The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and Culture.
Content
Table of Contents
Protest Nation: The Radical Roots of Modern America (New Press, 2010)
co-edited by Timothy Patrick McCarthy and John McMillian
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Timothy Patrick McCarthy and John McMillian
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle (1905)
Emma Goldman, Anarchism: What It Really Stands For (1911)
Eugene Debs, Address to the Jury (1918)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland (1915)
Marcus Garvey, Africa for Africans (1923)
Huey Long, Share Our Wealth (1935)
*Paul Robeson, My Answer (1949)
Jo Ann Robinson, The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Made It (1955)
Allen Ginsberg, Howl (1956)
Students for a Democratic Society, Port Huron Statement (1962)
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring (1962)
Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (1963)
Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)
Malcolm X, The Ballot or the Bullet (1964)
Herbert Marcuse, One Dimensional Man (1964)
Black Panther Party, What We Want, What We Believe (1966)
Robin Morgan, No More Miss America! (1968)
*Abbie Hoffman, Chicago 8 Trial Testimony (1968)
Weathermen Underground, Bring the War Home (1969)
Cesar Chavez, Letter from Delano (1969)
*Noam Chomsky, "The Responsibility of Intellectuals" (1969)
Kate Millett, Sexual Politics: A Manifesto for Revolution (1970)
Carl Wittman, Refugees from Amerika: A Gay Manifesto (1970)
Angela Davis, Political Prisoners, Prisons, and Black Liberation (1971)
*American Indian Movement, Trail of Broken Treaties (1972)
Peter Singer, Animal Liberation (1975)
The Combahee River Collective (1977)
*Harvey Milk, The Hope Speech (1978)
*Audre Lorde, "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" (1979)
*documents we've added since the publication of The Radical Reader
Protest Nation: The Radical Roots of Modern America (New Press, 2010)
co-edited by Timothy Patrick McCarthy and John McMillian
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Timothy Patrick McCarthy and John McMillian
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle (1905)
Emma Goldman, Anarchism: What It Really Stands For (1911)
Eugene Debs, Address to the Jury (1918)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland (1915)
Marcus Garvey, Africa for Africans (1923)
Huey Long, Share Our Wealth (1935)
*Paul Robeson, My Answer (1949)
Jo Ann Robinson, The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Made It (1955)
Allen Ginsberg, Howl (1956)
Students for a Democratic Society, Port Huron Statement (1962)
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring (1962)
Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (1963)
Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)
Malcolm X, The Ballot or the Bullet (1964)
Herbert Marcuse, One Dimensional Man (1964)
Black Panther Party, What We Want, What We Believe (1966)
Robin Morgan, No More Miss America! (1968)
*Abbie Hoffman, Chicago 8 Trial Testimony (1968)
Weathermen Underground, Bring the War Home (1969)
Cesar Chavez, Letter from Delano (1969)
*Noam Chomsky, "The Responsibility of Intellectuals" (1969)
Kate Millett, Sexual Politics: A Manifesto for Revolution (1970)
Carl Wittman, Refugees from Amerika: A Gay Manifesto (1970)
Angela Davis, Political Prisoners, Prisons, and Black Liberation (1971)
*American Indian Movement, Trail of Broken Treaties (1972)
Peter Singer, Animal Liberation (1975)
The Combahee River Collective (1977)
*Harvey Milk, The Hope Speech (1978)
*Audre Lorde, "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" (1979)
*documents we've added since the publication of The Radical Reader