The Long
Insurgency

Dossier · 1967–1971

Radical America

An American left journal that published Marcuse and argued over his ideas

Chronology

1967–1971

196719691971
6 dated events
  1. Radical America begins publication Reported · Source 1, paragraph beginning 'Paul and his wife'
  2. Editors meet in Madison Documented · Source 2, p. 1; dated issue masthead
  3. Journal prints Marcuse's essay and Leiss's review Documented · Source 2, masthead; pp. 55–63
  4. Journal prints the Marcuse debate Documented · Source 3, masthead; pp. 3–32
  5. New editorial board begins work Reported · Source 1, Paragraph beginning Toward the end of 1970
  6. Journal relocates to Boston Reported · Source 1, paragraph beginning 'This became the new modus operandi'

1969–1971

Printing and organizing a forum

The July–August 1969 issue reported an editorial conference in Madison on June 6–9. Its editors discussed what the journal should do for the movement. They reported a circulation of 4,000 and called for more readers to help write, print and share the journal. That number is the journal's own report. (pp. 1–3) [2]

The issue also listed projects in progress: theme issues, poetry pamphlets and political education materials. These notices show editorial plans. Each project's later completion needs its own record. (pp. 2–3) [2]

Marcuse 's essay and Leiss's review appeared in that same issue. It also carried a preliminary program for the fifth Socialist Scholars Conference, including a panel on Marcuse's works and influence. The April 1970 issue's introduction says its papers, including Aronson 's contribution, came from that conference. It credits Richie Friedman and Bill Miller with assembling them. (pp. 55–63) [2] (unpaginated introduction) [3]

The introduction, signed Socialist Scholars Conference, announced that body's shift toward helping build a movement directly. Its writers proposed a socialist forum free of factional control and closer ties between writers and activists. It is evidence of a stated aim; it does not establish that every proposed organization or program was built. (unpaginated introduction) [3]

Brown's collection history says a new board took formal responsibility with the January–February 1971 issue. The journal moved to Boston in late summer that year. (paragraphs beginning 'Toward the end of 1970' and 'This became the new modus operandi') [1]