A Time to Stir (eBook)

Paul Cronin’s books include Werner Herzog: A Guide for the Perplexed (2014) and Lessons with Kiarostami (2015). His films include a study of Haskell Wexler’s Medium Cool and, to accompany this book, a multichapter documentary on the Columbia University protests of 1968. He teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York. His website is www.atimetostir.com.

Foreword by Paul BermanIntroductionChronology of Events1. Children of the New Age, by Nancy Biberman2. Inside Alienation, Outside Agitator, by J. Plunky Branch3. Race and the Specter of Strategic Blindness, by Raymond M. Brown4. Liberation News Service and the Columbia Student Revolt, by George Cavalletto5. A Working Class Veteran’s Perspective, by Mark Donnelly6. Constructions of Power, by Thomas Ehrenberg7. You Gave Us Hope, by Carolyn Rusti Eisenberg8. A People’s Prehistory of Columbia, 1968, by Bob Feldman9. “Possibilistes” vs. “Maximalistes”: How It Went Down in Fayerweather, by Larry Garner10. Attempting to “Hold the Center” at Columbia, 1968, by Michael Garrett11. The Man Who Shook My Hand, by Stuart Gedal12. In the Spirit of Reconciliation, by Bennett Gershman13. How I Become a National News Source: Columbia’s Office of Public Information, by Ira Goldberg14. The Jolt of Radicalization, by Ken Greenberg15. Daddy’s Girl, by Lois-Elaine Griffith16. The Columbia Stir-Fry, by Peter Haidu17. The Great Morningside Rising, by Robert W. Hanning18. From Columbia 1968 to Fort Leavenworth, by Susan Eva Heuman19. The Essence of Spirit Is Freedom, by Neal H. Hurwitz20. The Smartest Kids I’d Ever Met: Memories of a Columbia Rebel, by Tom Hurwitz21. Who Be the Dominator?, by Michael Johnson22. The Moral Obligation to Act, by Susan Kahn23. Columbia in the Community, by Thomas M .H. Kappner24. Mutiny in the Air, by Ted Kaptchuk25. Liberated Fayerweather: Agony and Ecstasy While Awaiting the NYPD, by Frank Kehl26. The Special Case of the Fayerweather Occupation, by William Keylor27. A Time for Revolt, by Michael Klare28. Getting Back to “Life as Normal,” by Jay Kriegel29. The Power of Power Structure Research, by Michael Locker30. Days of Whine and Ruses, by Phillip Lopate31. A Time to Stir . . . Up Trouble, by Frederick K. Lowell32. The Primary Shades of Opposition to the Columbia Occupation, by Vaud E. Massarsky33. No More Antiwar! The Rise of the Therapeutic Left, by Michael Neumann34. Already Dead: Inside Low Library Commune, by Hilton Obenzinger35. A Night to Remember, by Fred Pack36. Silence Is Compliance, by Dan Pellegrom37. On the Air: A View from WKCR, by Jon Perelstein38. Columbia and the Draft, by David F. Phillips39. Impressions of a Rookie Cop, by John Poka40. The Sound of Breaking Glass, by Henry Reichman41. Hats and Bats, by Mike Reynolds42. Stopping the Machine, by Eve Rosahn43. Life on the Ledge, by Michael Rosenthal44. How I Learned I Was a Menshevik, by Joshua Rubenstein45. What It Takes to Build a Movement, by Mark Rudd46. Self-Determination and Self-Respect: Hamilton Hall, Fifty Years Later, by William W. Sales, Jr.47. Long Ago and Not at All Far Away, by Bill Sharfman48. Columbia 1968: My Course Correction, by Marvin Sin49. Uniters, by Gene Slater50. A Sense of Rightness, by Susan Slyomovics51. Avery Hall to Urban Deadline, by Tyler Smith52. Forming Community, Forging Commitment: A Hamilton Hall Story, by Karla Spurlock-Evans53. From College Walk to the Stonewall Inn, by Peter Stamberg54. Five Red Flags, by Eleanor Stein55. Never Again?, by Michael Steinlauf56. Covering—and Covering Up—Spring ’68, by Michael Stern57. Hundreds of Pairs of Wings, by Johnny Sundstrom58. Political Education and the Birth of Students for a Restructured University, by John Thoms59. It’s Better to Build Up: Post-’68 Governance at Columbia, by Harold S. Wechsler60. A Foot Soldier’s Story of the Sit-Ins, by Meredith Sue Willis61. From Community Service to Political Action: The Evolution of the Citizenship Council, by Joel D. ZiffAfterword by Juan GonzalezIndex