by Radical Activism, Radical America
Five issues of Radical America magazine, Vol. 22, Nos. 1–6, 1988. Somerville, MA. Each issue saddle-stapled in illustrated wraps. Measures approximately 10" x 7". Each issue is 64 pages. An archive of five issues from the 22nd volume of Radical America, the Socialist-feminist journal associated with Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and influenced by the New Left. These issues document the journal’s late-1980s editorial turn toward critical engagements with gender, race, and sexuality. Prominent contributors across the run include Michael Bronski, Marlene Gerber Fried, Simon Nkoli, Paul Buhle, and Rey Chow, and there are interviews with stalwarts of the American Left such as Noam Chomsky and Michael Harrington. Overall very good condition.
Issue include:
[1] Radical America, Vol. 22, No. 1 (1989). Features Oscar Montero’s “Lipstick Vogue: The Politics of Drag” and Michael Bronski’s “Eros and Politicization: Sexuality, Politics, and the Idea of Community,” alongside Annie Popkin’s account of Bread and Roses, a Boston-based women’s liberation group. Includes a Vietnam War retrospective and labor analysis on Spain’s dockworkers.
[2] Radical America, Vol. 22, Nos. 2–3 (1989). A double issue focused on reproductive rights, state control, and media ideology. Includes “Operation Oppress You: Fighting Back for Reproductive Rights” by Marlene Gerber Fried; “Beyond Roe vs. Wade” by Marla Erlien; and an interview with Noam Chomsky by David Barsamian titled “Necessary Illusions.” Also includes “Room with Another View: Talking to Hanif Kureishi.”
[3] Radical America, Vol. 22, No. 4 (1989). Special issue on China and Mexico. Kay Ann Johnson introduces the legacy of student activism; Rey Chow critiques Western media framing of the June 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in “Violence in the Other Country.” Laura Carlsen and Jonathan Fox contribute essays on grassroots movements and cross-border solidarity in Mexico.
[4] Radical America, Vol. 22, No. 5 (1989). A tribute to CLR James with essays by Paul Buhle and Michael Thelwell. Additional articles include “Women Making a Choice” by Ninia Baehr on reproductive rights, and Sue Hyde’s “Sex and Politics,” analyzing U.S. sodomy laws.
[5] Radical America, Vol. 22, No. 6 (1989). Special issue on South Africa and urban U.S. racial politics. Simon Nkoli writes on sexuality and anti-apartheid organizing; Kim Berman explores “Apartheid’s Facelift.” Leslie Cagan and Susan Hibbard discuss grassroots activism in the Dinkins mayoral campaign. Final piece is an interview with Michael Harrington titled “Old Left, New Left, What’s Left?”. (Inventory #: 22388)
Issue include:
[1] Radical America, Vol. 22, No. 1 (1989). Features Oscar Montero’s “Lipstick Vogue: The Politics of Drag” and Michael Bronski’s “Eros and Politicization: Sexuality, Politics, and the Idea of Community,” alongside Annie Popkin’s account of Bread and Roses, a Boston-based women’s liberation group. Includes a Vietnam War retrospective and labor analysis on Spain’s dockworkers.
[2] Radical America, Vol. 22, Nos. 2–3 (1989). A double issue focused on reproductive rights, state control, and media ideology. Includes “Operation Oppress You: Fighting Back for Reproductive Rights” by Marlene Gerber Fried; “Beyond Roe vs. Wade” by Marla Erlien; and an interview with Noam Chomsky by David Barsamian titled “Necessary Illusions.” Also includes “Room with Another View: Talking to Hanif Kureishi.”
[3] Radical America, Vol. 22, No. 4 (1989). Special issue on China and Mexico. Kay Ann Johnson introduces the legacy of student activism; Rey Chow critiques Western media framing of the June 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in “Violence in the Other Country.” Laura Carlsen and Jonathan Fox contribute essays on grassroots movements and cross-border solidarity in Mexico.
[4] Radical America, Vol. 22, No. 5 (1989). A tribute to CLR James with essays by Paul Buhle and Michael Thelwell. Additional articles include “Women Making a Choice” by Ninia Baehr on reproductive rights, and Sue Hyde’s “Sex and Politics,” analyzing U.S. sodomy laws.
[5] Radical America, Vol. 22, No. 6 (1989). Special issue on South Africa and urban U.S. racial politics. Simon Nkoli writes on sexuality and anti-apartheid organizing; Kim Berman explores “Apartheid’s Facelift.” Leslie Cagan and Susan Hibbard discuss grassroots activism in the Dinkins mayoral campaign. Final piece is an interview with Michael Harrington titled “Old Left, New Left, What’s Left?”. (Inventory #: 22388)
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