ON THE AIR: A VIEW FROM WKCR

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. FOREWORD xxi
4. INTRODUCTION xxxi
5. CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS li
6. CHILDREN OF THE NEW AGE 1
7. INSIDE ALIENATION, OUTSIDE AGITATOR 8
8. RACE AND THE SPECTER OF STRATEGIC BLINDNESS 15
9. LIBERATION NEWS SERVICE AND THE COLUMBIA STUDENT REVOLT 26
10. A WORKING CLASS VETERAN’S PERSPECTIVE 32
11. CONSTRUCTIONS OF POWER 36
12. YOU GAVE US HOPE 43
13. A PEOPLE’S PREHISTORY OF COLUMBIA, 1968 47
14. “POSSIBILISTES” VS. “MAXIMALISTES”: HOW IT WENT DOWN IN FAYERWEATHER 59
15. ATTEMPTING TO “HOLD THE CENTER” AT COLUMBIA, 1968 63
16. THE MAN WHO SHOOK MY HAND 70
17. IN THE SPIRIT OF RECONCILIATION 78
18. HOW I BECOME A NATIONAL NEWS SOURCE: COLUMBIA’S OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION 83
19. THE JOLT OF RADICALIZATION 89
20. DADDY’S GIRL 94
21. THE COLUMBIA STIR-FRY 99
22. THE GREAT MORNINGSIDE RISING 107
23. FROM COLUMBIA 1968 TO FORT LEAVENWORTH 113
24. THE ESSENCE OF SPIRIT IS FREEDOM 119
25. THE SMARTEST KIDS I’D EVER MET: MEMORIES OF A COLUMBIA REBEL 126
26. WHO BE THE DOMINATOR? 142
27. THE MORAL OBLIGATION TO ACT 147
28. COLUMBIA IN THE COMMUNITY 155
29. MUTINY IN THE AIR 159
30. LIBERATED FAYERWEATHER: AGONY AND ECSTASY WHILE AWAITING THE NYPD 163
31. THE SPECIAL CASE OF THE FAYERWEATHER OCCUPATION 170
32. A TIME FOR REVOLT 175
33. GETTING BACK TO “LIFE AS NORMAL” 179
34. THE POWER OF POWER STRUCTURE RESEARCH 185
35. DAYS OF WHINE AND RUSES 192
36. A TIME TO STIR . . . UP TROUBLE 209
37. THE PRIMARY SHADES OF OPPOSITION TO THE COLUMBIA OCCUPATION 217
38. NO MORE ANTIWAR! THE RISE OF THE THERAPEUTIC LEFT 225
39. ALREADY DEAD: INSIDE LOW LIBRARY COMMUNE 229
40. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER 238
41. SILENCE IS COMPLIANCE 241
42. ON THE AIR: A VIEW FROM WKCR 246
43. COLUMBIA AND THE DRAFT 254
44. IMPRESSIONS OF A ROOKIE COP 263
45. THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS 269
46. HATS AND BATS 274
47. STOPPING THE MACHINE 277
48. LIFE ON THE LEDGE 281
49. HOW I LEARNED I WAS A MENSHEVIK 289
50. WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD A MOVEMENT 293
51. SELF-DETERMINATION AND SELF-RESPECT: HAMILTON HALL, FIFTY YEARS LATER 300
52. LONG AGO AND NOT AT ALL FAR AWAY 309
53. COLUMBIA 1968: MY COURSE CORRECTION 316
54. UNITERS 319
55. A SENSE OF RIGHTNESS 330
56. AVERY HALL TO URBAN DEADLINE 333
57. FORMING COMMUNITY, FORGING COMMITMENT: A HAMILTON HALL STORY 341
58. FROM COLLEGE WALK TO THE STONEWALL INN 349
59. FIVE RED FLAGS 355
60. NEVER AGAIN? 359
61. COVERING—AND COVERING UP—SPRING ’68 366
62. HUNDREDS OF PAIRS OF WINGS 373
63. POLITICAL EDUCATION AND THE BIRTH OF STUDENTS FOR A RESTRUCTURED UNIVERSITY 381
64. IT’S BETTER TO BUILD UP: POST-’68 GOVERNANCE AT COLUMBIA 388
65. A FOOT SOLDIER’S STORY OF THE SIT-INS 393
66. FROM COMMUNITY SERVICE TO POLITICAL ACTION: THE EVOLUTION OF THE CITIZENSHIP COUNCIL 398
67. AFTERWORD 407
68. INDEX 413