From Here to There The Staughton Lynd Reader

by Grubacic, Andrej; Lynd, Staughton

• ISBN13: 9781604862157
• ISBN10: 1604862157
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: PM Press

Summary

This collection of unpublished talks and hard-to-find essays from legendary activist-historian Staughton Lynd blends themes that encourage the rejection of capitalist imperialism, while also seeking a transition to a newly organized world. The dynamic collection provides reminiscence and analysis of the 1960s and a vision of how historians might immerse themselves in popular movements while maintaining their obligation to tell the truth. A final group of presentations, entitled "Possibilities," explores nonviolence, resistance to empire as a way of life, and what a working-class self-activity might mean in the 21st century.

Author Biography

Andrej Grubacic is an anarchist dissident, historian, and sociologist who has written on anarchism and the history of the Balkans. He is the author of Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism, and Radical History. He lives in San Francisco. Staughton Lynd is a former professor of history at Spelman College and Yale. He is the author of Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History. He lives in Youngstown, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Staughton Lynd, Preface	p. 1
Andrej Grubacic, Introduction	p. 3
The Sixties
Henry Thoreau: The Admirable Radical	p. 32
How the Cold War Began	p. 44
Socialism, the Forbidden Word	p. 60
Remembering SNCC	p. 68
EVery School A Freedom School	p. 74
The New Radicals and "Participatory Democracy"	p. 85
The Cold War Expulsions and the Movement of the 1960s	p. 96
Weatherman	p. 108
History
Reflections on Radical History	p. 119
President Kennedy's Assassination	p. 123
De Te Fabula Narratur [This Story Is About You]	p. 130
The Two Yales	p. 139
Intellectuals, the University and the Movement	p. 144
Guerrilla History in Gary	p. 152
A Vision of History	p. 159
History's Simple Truths	p. 176
Possibilities
Nonviolence as Solidarity	p. 188
Overcoming Racism	p. 198
From Globalization to Resistance	p. 205
Students and Workers in the Transition to Socialism	p. 219
Edward Thompson's Warrens	p. 228
Speech at the IWW Centennial	p. 238
Conclusions
The Tragedy of American Diplomacy	p. 252
Someday They'll Have a War and Nobody Will Come	p. 265
Toward Another World	p. 279
Index	p. 296
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