Inspiring Participatory Democracy: Student Movements from Port Huron to Today

by Tom Hayden

Overview

The famous 1962 Port Huron Statement by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) introduced the concept of participatory democracy to popular discourse and practice. In Inspiring Participatory Democracy Tom Hayden, one of the principal architects of the statement, analyses its historical impact and relevance to today's movements. Inspiring Participatory Democracy includes the full transcript of the Port Huron statment and shows how it played an important role in the movements for black civil rights, against the Vietnam war and for the Freedom of Information Act. Published during the year of Port Huron's 50th anniversary, Inspiring Participatory Democracy will be of great interest to readers interested in social history, politics and social activism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612052625
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/30/2012
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Tom Hayden-social activist, legislator, educator, and speaker-is the author of The Port Huron Statement, long considered the founding document of the Sixties movement. He is the author of more than 15 books including, most recently, Voices of the Chicago 8: A Generation on Trial (2008) and Writings for a Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader (2008). He writes for The Nation and many other magazines.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Preface and Introduction Robert Cohen

The Port Huron Statement at 50 Tom Hayden ix

The Dream of Port Huron 1

Part 2 The Way We Were and the World Now: Reflections by Port Huron Veterans Becky Adams

Chapter 1 Port Huron: Alive and Relevant, but Add the Earth Paul Booth 33

Chapter 2 The Progress We Created Is Now at Stake Robb Burlage 35

Chapter 3 A Half Century Seeking to Live the Spirit and Method of Port Huron Mickey Flacks 39

Chapter 4 It Was a Rising Sun Richard Flacks 43

Chapter 5 Port Huron After a Half Century Sharon Jeffrey Lehrer 47

Chapter 6 The Evolution of a Radical's Consciousness: Living an Authentic Life Alan Haber 51

Chapter 7 It's Been Said I'm Still Unrealistic Barbara Haber 55

Chapter 8 Port Huron: A Template for Hope Casey Hayden 59

Chapter 9 Only Love Is Radical Charles McDew 63

Chapter 10 Participatory Democracy Means Putting Your Body on the Line James Monsonis 67

Chapter 11 Religion and the Spirit Maria Varela 73

Chapter 12 A Young Christian Student at Port Huron Michael Vester 77

Chapter 13 Participatory Democracy: A Long Revolution 83

Part 3 Teaching Strategies, Final Thoughts, and the Port Huron Statement Robert Cohen Diana Turk Stacie Brensilver Berman

Chapter 14 Teaching the Port Huron Statement Linda Gordon 91

Chapter 15 Participator Democracy from SNCC through Port Huron to Women's Liberation to Occupy: Strengths and Problems of Prefigurative Politics 103

The Port Huron Statement of the Students for a Democratic Society 127

Index 187

Editorial Reviews

The Port Huron Statement of Students for a Democratic Society is the most ambitious, the most specific, and the most eloquent manifesto in the history of the American Left.”
—Michael Kazin, author, American Dreamers

“The Port Huron Statement is one of those historic documents which represents an era.”
—Howard Zinn

“Tom Hayden and his colleagues forged a manifesto that still reverberates.”
—Sam Roberts, The New York Times, March 3, 2012

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