Comments on: Michael Harrington Symposium

By: Happy Birthday, Michael Harrington « New York City Democratic Socialists of America

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:57:41 +0000

[...] It’s the birthday of DSA-founder — and founding NYC DSAer – Michael Harrington (1928-1989). He would have turned 82 years old today. Many of our members knew Mike well. Read remembrances by Bogdan Denitch, Francis Fox Piven, Maxine Phillips and Jeff Gold. And check out the recent Young Democratic Socialists-sponsored symposium of Mike’s life and work. [...]

By: Mostenirea lui Irving Kristol: ascensiunea, succesul si dilemele neoconservatorismului « Memorie, libertate, moderaţie

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:53:29 +0000

[...] of neo-conservatism. The term was used (with pejorative intent) by the leftwing writer-activist Michael Harrington in 1973, but came to be embraced by Irving Kristol and many of his followers. Kristol – the [...]

By: American radicalism « Poumista

American radicalism « Poumista — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:32:57 +0000

[...] The Activist features four essays on Harrington. [...]

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:39:36 +0000

Huh? I didn’t understand Sheldon’s post at all.

By: Bhaskar Sunkara

Bhaskar Sunkara — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:23:44 +0000

^ i concur

By: Sheldon

Sheldon — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:40:56 +0000

“a principled political activist and the standard-…”

thnk thr s a tp hr!

By: Jason Schulman

Jason Schulman — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:35:42 +0000

The Long Distance Runner is OK. I don’t think it’s a must-read.

I quite like The Twilight of Capitalism, which I’ll be talking about in my contribution to the symposium.

By: Bhaskar Sunkara

Bhaskar Sunkara — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:26:50 +0000

Anyone ever read “The Long Distance Runner: An Autobiography”?

I read “The Other America” and “Socialism: Past and Future,” any other Harrington must-reads?

By: Lucas

Lucas — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:27:10 +0000

I’m also a big fan of Isserman’s biography of Harrington.

In case folks didn’t see this already, Isserman published a nice essay 2 weeks ago on Harrington in the NY Times magazine, Sunday edition.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/books/review/Isserman-t.html

By: Chris Maisano

Chris Maisano — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:29:52 +0000

The Other American is an excellent book. I read it earlier this year, and it’s not only a great introduction to Michael’s life and thought, it does a great job of bringing the radical movements and subcultures of the 1950s and 1960s to life, and as a lapsed Catholic myself I enjoyed reading about life on the fringes of the church in the postwar years. Good to hear that Isserman is going to contribute a piece.