Berkeley: The New Student Revolt: Introduction by Mario Savio

by Hal Draper

A contemporary account by eyewitnesses of what was arguably the first act in the movement of the 60s -- the Free Speech Movement on the Berkeley campus of the University of California. In addition to the historical account by Hal Draper, the book includes articles and pamphlets by participants -- Mario Savio, Jack Weinberg, Barbara Garson, James Petras among others.

296 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2009

About the author

Hal Draper (born Harold Dubinsky) was an American socialist activist and author who played a significant role in the Berkeley, California Free Speech Movement. He is known for his extensive scholarship on the history and meaning of the thought of Karl Marx.

Draper was a lifelong advocate of what he called "socialism from below", self-emancipation by the working class, in opposition to capitalism and Stalinist bureaucracy, both of which, he held, practiced domination from above. He was one of the creators of the Third Camp tradition, a form ("the form", according to its adherents) of Marxist socialism.