Voices of Revolution : The Dissident Press in America

Streitmatter tells the stories of dissident American publications and press movements of the last two centuries, and of the colorful individuals behind them. From publications that fought for the disenfranchised to those that promoted social reform, Voices of Revolution examines the abolitionist and labor press, black power publications of the 1960s, the crusade against the barbarism of lynching, the women's movement, and antiwar journals. Streitmatter also discusses gay and lesbian publications, contemporary on-line journals, and counterculture papers like The Kudzu and The Berkeley Barb that flourished in the 1960s. Voices of Revolution also identifies and discusses some of the distinctive characteristics shared by the genres of the dissident press that rose to prominence -- from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. For far too long, mainstream journalists and even some media scholars have viewed radical, leftist, or progressive periodicals in America as "rags edited by crackpots." However, many of these dissident presses have shaped the way Americans think about social and political issues. CONTENTS......Page 8 INTRODUCTION......Page 10 PART 1 SPEAKING UP FOR THE DISENFRANCHISED......Page 16 1 FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF AMERICAN LABOR......Page 18 2 AWAKENING A NATION TO THE SINS OF SLAVERY......Page 35 3 SETTING A REVOLUTIONARY AGENDA FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS......Page 51 DISSIDENT VOICES/COMMON THREADS I......Page 69 PART 2 STRUGGLING TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION......Page 74 4 PROMOTING “FREE LOVE” IN THE VICTORIAN AGE......Page 76 5 CRUSADING AGAINST THE BARBARISM OF LYNCHING......Page 95 6 EDUCATING AMERICA ON THE MERITS OF SOCIALISM......Page 111 7 FOLLOWING ANARCHY TOWARD A NEW SOCIAL ORDER......Page 129 DISSIDENT VOICES/COMMON THREADS II......Page 149 PART 3 RISING FROM A LONE VOICE TO A MASS MOVEMENT......Page 153 8 PROPELLING BLACK AMERICANS INTO THE PROMISED LAND......Page 155 9 DEMANDING WIDER ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL INFORMATION......Page 173 DISSIDENT VOICES/COMMON THREADS III......Page 190 PART 4 CHANGING THE WORLD IN A SINGLE GENERATION......Page 195 10 OPPOSING AMERICA’S “DIRTY WAR” IN VIETNAM......Page 197 11 DEFINING A COUNTERCULTURE OF SEX, DRUGS, ROCK ’N’ ROLL . . . AND SOCIAL JUSTICE......Page 214 12 STANDING TALL AND TOUGH AGAINST RACIAL OPPRESSION......Page 234 13 CREATING AN AGENDA FOR GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS......Page 252 14 LIBERATING THE AMERICAN WOMAN......Page 270 DISSIDENT VOICES/COMMON THREADS IV......Page 289 15 DISSIDENCE IN A NEW MILLENNIUM......Page 293 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 299 NOTES......Page 301 INDEX......Page 341 As the United States entered the nineteenth century, the highly skilled artisans who worked in their own homes to create customized items for individual patrons were replaced by large-scale operations in which unskilled workers produced identical units in quantity and at lower cost. Distinguishes various secondary mass media publications as performing on the same level as their well-known counterparts, and comments on their ability to effectively fight for change in the United States.