In this provocative and deeply researched work of history, Akst takes readers into the wild, heady, and uncertain times of America on the brink of a world war, following four fascinating resisters - four figures who would subsequently become famous political thinkers and activists - and their daring exploits: David Dellinger, Dorothy Day, Dwight MacDonald, and Bayard Rustin. Pacifists who fought against the Second World War faced insurmountable odds - but their resistance, philosophy, and strategies fostered a tradition of activism that shaped America right up to the present day. The escalator of reason and moral progress Nuclear arms race, Cold War, Korea, Vietnam Increase immigration of European Jews into the U.S. Non-violent protests (sit-ins at segregated restaurants) ![]() Internment of 110,000 Japanese-Americans into concentration campsĬivil disobedience (Thoreau, Garrison, Gandhi) Religious liberals is not an oxymoron (social gospel) “Like so many reform movements in American history, pacifist dissent was essentially religious.”ĭavid Dellinger (codefendant with Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Tom Hayden for their antiwar protests during the 1968 Democratic National Convention)Ĭluster of heterodoxy: anti-war/militarism, but also anti-racism, anti-capitalism, anti-colonialism, anti-apartheid, anti-power of the state, pro-labor, pro the rights of minorities, individual liberty on matters such as abortion and gender, anti-segregation He was a board member of the National Book Critics Circle, and has taught at Bard College and in the Bard Prison Initiative. ![]() Daniel Akst is a writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Slate and other leading publications.
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