Revolution In The Air Pa

The first in-depth study of the long march of the US New Left after 1968, told by a member of Students for a Democratic Society.

Max Elbaum was a member of Students for a Democratic Society and a leader of one of the main new communist movement organizations. His writings have appeared in the Nation, the US Guardian, CrossRoads, and the Encyclopedia of the American Left. He lives in Oakland.

Acknowledgements

vii

Preface to the Paperback Edition

ix

Introduction

1

(14)

Part I A New Generation of Revolutionaries: 1968-1973

1 "The System" Becomes the Target

15

(26)

2 The Appeal of Third World Marxism

41

(18)

3 The Transformation of New Left Radicalism

59

(34)

Part II Gotta Get Down to It: 1968-1973

4 A New Communist Movement Takes Shape

93

(18)

5 Strongest Pole on the Anticapitalist Left

111

(18)

6 Elaborate Doctrine, Weak Class Anchor

129

(16)

7 Envisioning the Vanguard

145

(18)

8 Bodies on the Line: The Culture of a Movement

163

(20)

Part III Battered by Recession, Restructuring and Reaction: 1974-1981

9 The Momentum Is Broken

183

(24)

10 China's New Policies Split the Movement

207

(20)

11 Rival Trends Try Party Building, Round Two

227

(26)

12 Fatal Crises and First Obituaries

253

(16)

Part IV Walking on Broken Glass: 1982-1992

13 The Survivors Build the Rainbow

269

(18)

14 The Collapse of Communism

287

(18)

Part V End of a Long March

15 Movement Veterans Adjust to Civilian Life

305

(10)

16 Lessons from the New Communist Movement

315

(24)

Appendix: Glossary of New Communist Movement Organizations

339

(4)

Bibliography

343

(10)

Notes

353

(20)

Index

373

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