Street Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties
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Author Description
One of the world's best-known radicals relives the early years of the protest movement. This new edition features the John Lennon/Yoko Ono interview "Power to the People," published for the first time in the US, and an important new introduction. Yoko Let's face it, the Beatles was twentieth-century folksong in the framework of capitalism; they couldn't do anything different if they wanted to communicate within that framework. John Well, I hope they see that rock and roll is not the same as Coca-Cola. In this new edition of his memoirs, Tariq Ali revisits his formative years as a young radical. It is a story that takes us from Paris and Prague to Hanoi and Bolivia, meeting such figures as Malcolm X, Bertrand Russell, Marlon Brando, Henry Kissinger, and Mick Jagger along the way. In vivid detail, Ali captures the mood and energy of those years as he tracks the growing significance of the nascent protest movement. This edition includes a new introduction, as well as the famous interview conducted by Tariq Ali and Robin Blackburn with John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1971.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
How did the global political climate of the 1960s shape the radicalization of a generation and the trajectory of international protest movements? Tariq Ali, a prominent activist and intellectual, provides a firsthand account of his involvement in the anti-war and student movements of the era. By synthesizing personal memoir with historical analysis, Ali examines the ideological shifts and organizational challenges faced by activists across Europe, Asia, and the Americas during this volatile decade.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Historical accounts of student protests in Paris, Prague, and beyond.
- Primary source documentation including the 1971 interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
- Biographical sketches of influential figures such as Malcolm X, Bertrand Russell, and Henry Kissinger.
- Analysis of the intersection between popular culture and political activism.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
This work serves as a dense, primary-source-heavy reflection on the mechanics of mid-century radicalism. The framing suggests an essential text for those seeking to understand the organizational and intellectual foundations of the global protest movements of the 1960s.
Page Count:
288
Publication Date:
1988-05-12
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN-10:
0006373437
ISBN-13:
9780006373438
Autobiography
History
Biography
World history
History - Modern
1960s
