You Say You Want A Revolution
But, Michael James, if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't gonna make it with anyone, anyhow.
Once again, Uberblogger John Ruberry hits the mark with sharp accuracy. SDS revealed! Untold secrets! Yippie! READ JOHN'S GREAT POST (excerpts below):
Stokely Carmichael: A look back at a radical
They say revolution's in the air
I'm dancing in my underwear
'cause I don't care
"Piggy in the Middle," The Rutles, 1978.
I've watched about a third of Tom Mannis' video of last month's Students for a Democratic Society reunion that took place in Chicago.
SDS was a extreme left wing group found by, among others, Tom Hayden, who later gained notoriety as Jane Fonda's husband--they later divorced. SDS dissolved in 1969, but more radical elements within the SDS formed the Weather Underground.
Tom runs an excellent blog called The Bench. The first speaker is Michael James, who as he explains in his recollection, left snobbish Lake Forest College in 1964 and journeyed to the capital, then and now, of radical America: Berkeley, California. FULL POST...
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