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A talk and discussion with Aaron Leon on his new book,
"Heavy Radicals: The FBI's Secret War on America's Maoists, The Revolutionary Union / Revolutionary Communist Party 1968-1980."
A critical history of the largest Maoist organization to emerge in the US out of the tumultuous sixties, and the FBI's unrelenting campaign against it. Never-before revealed information on the collapse of Students for Democratic Society; the internal political struggles and the FBI’s efforts to leverage political differences to further their schismatic aims.
Publishing 27th February 2015 on Zero Books (imprint of John Hunt Publishing Ltd), Heavy Radicals: The FBI's Secret War on America's Maoists by Aaron J. Leonard and Conor A. Gallagher.
Website: heavyradicals.com
Aaron Leonard is a writer and historian. He publishes regularly in Truthout.org, Rabble.ca, History News Network, and Physics World. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Conor Gallagher is a researcher and educator from Brooklyn, New York. He currently lives with his wife Michelle in China where he teaches history.
zero-books.net
See also, an interview by Doug Greene with Aaron Leonard on the Heavy Radicals: viewpointmag.com/2015/09/22/the-heavy-radicals-an-interview-with-aaron-leonard
A talk and discussion with Aaron Leon on his new book,
"Heavy Radicals: The FBI's Secret War on America's Maoists, The Revolutionary Union / Revolutionary Communist Party 1968-1980."
A critical history of the largest Maoist organization to emerge in the US out of the tumultuous sixties, and the FBI's unrelenting campaign against it. Never-before revealed information on the collapse of Students for Democratic Society; the internal political struggles and the FBI’s efforts to leverage political differences to further their schismatic aims.
Publishing 27th February 2015 on Zero Books (imprint of John Hunt Publishing Ltd), Heavy Radicals: The FBI's Secret War on America's Maoists by Aaron J. Leonard and Conor A. Gallagher.
Website: heavyradicals.com
Aaron Leonard is a writer and historian. He publishes regularly in Truthout.org, Rabble.ca, History News Network, and Physics World. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Conor Gallagher is a researcher and educator from Brooklyn, New York. He currently lives with his wife Michelle in China where he teaches history.
zero-books.net
See also, an interview by Doug Greene with Aaron Leonard on the Heavy Radicals: viewpointmag.com/2015/09/22/the-heavy-radicals-an-interview-with-aaron-leonard
