The Hidden 1970s

by Berger, Dan

• ISBN13: 9780813548746
• ISBN10: 0813548748
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-01
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

Summary

The 1970s were a complex, multilayered, and critical part of a long era of profound societal change and an essential component of the decade before-several of the most iconic events of "the sixties" occurred in the ten years that followed.The Hidden 1970sexplores the distinctiveness of those years, a time when radicals tried to change the world as the world changed around them. This powerful collection is a compelling assessment of left-wing social movements in a period many have described as dominated by conservatism or confusion. Scholars examine critical and largely buried legacies of the 1970s. The decade of Nixon's fall and Reagan's rise also saw widespread indigenous militancy, prisoner uprisings, transnational campaigns for self-determination, pacifism, and queer theories of play as political action. Contributors focus on diverse topics, including the internationalization of Black Power and Native sovereignty, organizing for Puerto Rican independence among Latinos and whites, and women's self-defense. Essays and ideas trace the roots of struggles from the 1960s through the 1970s, providing fascinating insight into the myriad ways that radical social movements shaped American political culture in the 1970s and the many ways they continue to do so today.

Author Biography

Dan Berger is the author of Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity and coeditor of Letters from Young Activists.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
List of Abbreviations: North American Leftist Organizations in the 1970s	p. xi
Introduction: Exploding Limits in the 1970s	p. 1
Insurgency
Improvising on Reality: The Roots of Prison Abolition	p. 21
Sick of the Abuse: Feminist Responses to Sexual Assault, Battering, and Self-Defense	p. 39
"The Struggle Is for Land!": Race, Territory, and National Liberation	p. 57
Canada's Other Red Scare: The Anicinabe Park Occupation and Indigenous Decolonization	p. 77
Solidarity
"A Line of Steel": The Organization of the Sixth Pan-African Congress and the Struggle for International Black Power, 1969-1974	p. 97
How Indigenous Peoples Wound Up at the United Nations	p. 115
"Hit Them Harder": Leadership, Solidarity, and the Puerto Rican Independence Movement	p. 135
Unorthodox Leninism: Workplace Organizing and Anti-Imperialist Solidarity in the Sojourner Truth Organization	p. 155
Community
Play as World-making: From the Cockettes to the Germs, Gay Liberation to DIY Community Building	p. 177
"We Want justice!": Police Murder, Mexican American Community Response, and the Chicano Movement	p. 195
Rising Up: Poor, White, and Angry in the New Left	p. 214
The Movement for a New Society: Consensus, Prefiguration, and Direct Action	p. 231
Hard to Find: Building for Nonviolent Revolution and the Pacifist Underground	p. 250
"The Original Gangster": The Life and Times of Red Power Activist Madonna Thunder Hawk	p. 267
Notes on Contributors	p. 285
Index	p. 289
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