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Richard Flacks, an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the author of Cultural Politics and Social Movements (co-editor, 1995); Beyond the Barricades: The ’60s Generation Grows Up (1989); Making History: The American Left and the American Mind (1988), and many articles on social movements, left culture and strategy.
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Remembering Tom Hayden (1939-2016): My Friend and a Lifelong Change Maker
The activist and lawmaker leaves behind a life worth studying.
Richard Flacks
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Beyond Barack Obama
Lefty focusing on the president and his shortcomings distracts us from the work we need to do.
Richard Flacks
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Bigger Than Obama
Blaming the president for the slow pace of reform is too simplistic.
Richard Flacks