Direct Action: Radical Pacifism from the Union Eight to the Chicago Seven

Tracy, James

ISBN 10: 0226811301 / ISBN 13: 9780226811307

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1996

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Synopsis:

This text tells the story of how a small group of "radical pacifists" - nonviolent activists such as David Dellinger, Staughton Lynd, A.J. Muste, and Bayard Rustin played a major role in the rebirth of American radicalism and social protest in the 1950s and 1960s. Coming together in the camps and prisons where conscientious objectors were placed during World War II, radical pacifists developed an experimental protest style that emphasized media-savvy, symbolic confrontation with institutions deemed oppressive. Due to their tactical commitment to nonviolent direct action, they became the principal interpreters of Gandhism on the American Left, and indelibly stamped postwar America with their methods and ethos.

About the Author: James Tracy is headmaster at Cushing Academy in Ashbunham, MA. He is editor of Why Change? What Works? The NAIS Guide to Change Management and A Guidebook to the NAIS Principles of Good Practice, as well as coeditor of Christmas Unwrapped: Consumerism, Christ, and Culture.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Direct Action: Radical Pacifism from the ...
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
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