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edocfu_9959128179002883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780813550336
Content:
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 1970s explores 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.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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List of Abbreviations: North American Leftist Organizations in the 1970s --
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Introduction: Exploding Limits in the 1970s /
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PART ONE. Insurgency --
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1. Improvising on Reality: The Roots of Prison Abolition /
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2. Sick of the Abuse: Feminist Responses to Sexual Assault, Battering, and Self-Defense /
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3. “The Struggle Is for Land!”: Race, Territory, and National Liberation /
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4. Canada’s Other Red Scare: The Anicinabe Park Occupation and Indigenous Decolonization /
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PART TWO. Solidarity --
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5. “A Line of Steel”: The Organization of the Sixth Pan-African Congress and the Struggle for International Black Power, 1969–1974 /
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6. How Indigenous Peoples Wound Up at the United Nations /
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7. “Hit Them Harder”: Leadership, Solidarity, and the Puerto Rican Independence Movement /
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8. Unorthodox Leninism: Workplace Organizing and Anti-Imperialist Solidarity in the Sojourner Truth Organization /
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PART THREE. Community --
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9. Play as World-making: From the Cockettes to the Germs, Gay Liberation to DIY Community Building /
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10. “We Want Justice!”: Police Murder, Mexican American Community Response, and the Chicano Movement /
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11. Rising Up: Poor, White, and Angry in the New Left /
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12. The Movement for a New Society: Consensus, Prefiguration, and Direct Action /
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13. Hard to Find: Building for Nonviolent Revolution and the Pacifist Underground /
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14. “The Original Gangster”: The Life and Times of Red Power Activist Madonna Thunder Hawk /
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Notes on Contributors --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.36019/9780813550336
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813550336
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