Radical Imagination: Port Huron and The New Left Revisited (Todd Gitlin)

In the 1960’s, many Americans were against the U.S. government’s decision to get involved in the Vietnam War. Protests broke out, anti-war groups assembled and the quest for radical change began. This Sunday on "The Radical Imagination;" Todd Gitlin, an iconic political activist from the 1960’s New Left movement, returns to the show for a critical analysis of one of the most active anti-war groups of the 1960’s, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Dr. Gitlin and host Jim Vrettos, a sociology professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, will discuss the organization’s history, its relevance today and the Port Huron Statement. Dr. Gitlin was at the forefront of the New Left Movement of the 1960s, serving as SDS president in 1963 and 1964. Now, he is a professor of journalism and sociology and the chair of the Ph.D. in Communications program at Columbia University. In addition, he has written 15 books, such as “The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage,” and hundreds of articles for publications like the New York Times, Washington Post and Boston Globe. Firehouse TV’s “The Radical Imagination” airs every Sunday at 8:00 pm on MNN1 (TWC 34 & 1995, RCN 82, FiOS 33) and MNN’s HD Community Channel (TWC 1993) or streaming live on mnn.org. Catch the repeat every Thursday at 8:00 pm on MNN4 (FiOS 36, RCN 85, TWC 67 & 1998) and MNN’s HD Community Channel (TWC 1993) or streaming live on mnn.org. For more information on Manhattan Neighborhood Network: http://www.mnn.org   / mnn537     / mnn59     / manh.  .