Berkeley

The late Hal Draper is the author of the five-volume study of Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution (Monthly Review Press) as well as War and Revolution: Lenin and the Myth of Revolutionary Defeatism (Humanities Press) and Berkeley: The New Student Revolt (Grove Press.) He was also a prominent socialist journalist and editor of the journal Labor Action from 1948-1958.Mario Savio was one of the most famous leaders of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement.

"This is a gripping political history of the Berkeley student movement of the fall of 1964—a movement ahead of its time, which reverberates to this day. Hal Draper was both a participant and an influential political mentor to many students in the Free Speech Movement, and in this classic work, he offers unique insights as a lifelong advocate for a thoroughly revolutionary and democratic socialism from below." —Samuel Farber, Free Speech Movement activist and author of Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959"We live in an era in which it is becoming more and more difficult to learn from the lessons of history, especially from a history filled with the spirit of civic engagement, revolt, and a seething desire to struggle over institutions such as higher education, which are crucial to a democracy. Berkeley: The Student Revolt speaks to a moment in history alive with the spirit of student revolt, outrage over the corporatization and militarization of the university, and deeply aware of the connection between the crisis of the university and its relationship to the crisis of society. This book is both inspiring and informative, moving in its depiction of civil rights, the struggle for academic freedom, the necessity of free speech as a mode of dissent, the refusal to accept the university as a "knowledge industry," and the need to give voice to the students themselves. Berkeley: The Student Revolt speaks [in] a language of not only critique, the visceral language of protest, but also to a merging of struggle and hope that can serve as invaluable resource for future generations." —Henry Giroux, author of Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education“Hal Draper’s book remains the most vivid narrative and incisive analysis of the Free Speech Movement that I know. A profoundly learned Marxist scholar and veteran of the revolutionary socialist movement, he was also a deeply involved participant in the FSM itself. Indeed, Draper’s influence led UC President Clark Kerr to call him, hyperbolically, “the chief guru of the FSM.” Berkeley: The Student Revolt recommends itself to all those interested in the history of protest and the left in this country, but especially, I think, to the young radicals and socialists who are today immersed in the great multiracial movement against police violence and for fundamental social change.” —Thomas Harrison, New Politics

• ntroduction by Mario SavioForeword1. "A New Generation of Students"2. The Liberal Bureaucrat3. Behind the Myth of Liberalization4. The Myth: Two Showpieces5. The Power Structure Triggers the Conflict6. The Administration Clamps Off the Safety Valve7. "What's Intellectual About Collecting Money?"8. The Clubs Fight Back 9. The First Sit-in and the Eight Suspensions 10. A Couple of Rebels11. The Police-car Blockade Begins12. Second Sit-in and the Greeks13. Whose Law and Order?14. "You Can't Win"15. The Pact of October 216. Enter Red-baiting17. The FSM Is Formed18 Some Lessons in Good Faith19. Standoff on "Free Speech"20. Hidden Battle over Civil Rights21. Return to Direct Action22. The Regents Throw a Time Bomb23. The Abortive Sit-in24. Back to the Wars25. The Big Sit-in26. The Governor Calls the Cops27. The Occupation by the Police28. The Student Strike Starts29. The Faculty and the Strike30. The Administration Plans a Coup31. Classic Drama in the Greek Theater32. The FSM at the Peak33. The Story of a Rumor34. The Victory at the Academic Senate35. End of the Beginning36. Before the Second Round37. The "Restoration" Coup38. The FSM in Crisis39. Regents versus the University40. Why?41. The Non-Radicals42. "New Left" Balance Sheet43. The "New Radicals" and the "Old Radicals"