American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone

Aug 12, 2009

Northshire Bookstore

D.D. Guttenplan talked about his book American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; May 26, 2009). In his book Mr. Guttenplan recounts the life of journalist I.F. Stone. Utilizing several sources, including documents recently made available through the Freedom of Information Act, Mr. Guttenplan presents new .. Read More
D.D. Guttenplan talked about his book American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; May 26, 2009). In his book Mr. Guttenplan recounts the life of journalist I.F. Stone. Utilizing several sources, including documents recently made available through the Freedom of Information Act, Mr. Guttenplan presents new insights on the columnist whose reportage spanned from the Great Depression to the Vietnam War. Mr. Stone, who wrote for The Nation, PM, and I.F. Stone's Weekly, was often labeled an iconoclast who was tracked by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during his career. Mr. Gutteplan responded to questions by members of the audience. D.D. Guttenplan is the author of The Holocaust on Trial: History, Justice and the David Irving Libel Case. He is currently a London correspondent for The Nation magazine and was formerly a writer for New York Newsday.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:11 Unidentified Speaker RECOUNTING THE LIFE OF A JOURNALIST I ASKED ON HIS REPORTING CAREER SPANS FROM THE GREAT DEPRESSION...
00:00:28 Unidentified Speaker IT IS AN INCREDIBLE PLEASURE TO BE HERE THE INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE BECAUSE INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES ARE...
00:18:17 Unidentified Speaker WHERE IS THE.
00:18:22 Unidentified Speaker BECAUSE HISTORY IS DRAMATIC AND PEOPLE HAVE COMPLICATED MOTIVES MAYBE IT MAKES THINGS MORE COMPLICATED...
00:21:21 Unidentified Speaker TO THE NEED TO THE PRESS AUDIENCE ON DECEMBER 12, 1949, THERE IS NOTHING SPECIAL OF A CONFRONTATION...
00:22:21 Unidentified Speaker THE COUNTRY'S MOST INFLUENTIAL POSITION DOCTORFISH PINE HAD DENOUNCED NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE AS...
00:26:26 Unidentified Speaker .
00:26:38 Unidentified Speaker I AM OLD ENOUGH I DO REMEMBER I.F. STONE COLLEGE AND IN 1967 I WAS A FRESHMAN MY FIRST DAY I WENT...
00:27:14 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. THE SHORT ANSWER IS HE WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE NEW LEFT IN THE WAY...
00:31:50 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE GO TO A MICROPHONE.
00:32:00 Unidentified Speaker I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH ACTUALLY TO HAVE MET STONE AND 1964 AT THE A DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN ATLANTIC...
00:33:04 Unidentified Speaker I AM SO GLAD YOU ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE 1964 CONVENTION IN MY BOOK...
00:39:21 Unidentified Speaker ALSO FANNIE LOU HAMER, THAT THEY TOOK A VOTE AND ACT MFDP AND DECIDED THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE COMPROMISE...
00:39:35 Unidentified Speaker THE INTERESTING SAYING IS THAT IS THE VIEW THAT I CAME WITH THE FOUR STARTED TO LOOK AT THIS. NOTHING...
00:41:20 Unidentified Speaker ONE QUICK QUESTION I WAS STUNNED WHEN YOU SAID THE NATION BLACKBALLED AND WOULD NOT HIRE HIM FOR ANYTHING...
00:41:33 Unidentified Speaker I CANNOT SAY ANYTHING. OR WORK FOR THEM. [LAUGHTER] I WILL TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT, IN 1946 WHEN HE WAS...
00:43:34 Unidentified Speaker I WENT TO NOR ABOUT "PM" NEWSPAPER WAS THAT AN ACRONYM?
00:43:38 Unidentified Speaker A GOOD QUESTION. NOBODY KNOWS. IT CAME OUT A.
00:43:49 Unidentified Speaker HOW LONG WAS IT.
00:43:52 Unidentified Speaker IT STARTED IN 1940 STARTED BY RALPH INGERSOLL THE FIRST EDITOR OF "LIFE" MAGAZINE USED TO DO THE TALK...
00:46:22 Unidentified Speaker ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY CONSERVATIVE OR RIGHT WING WRITER OR COMMENTATOR LIKE A BUCKLEY 2000 ACKNOWLEDGED...
00:46:40 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. I KNOW RON RADAR ISSUE IS A RIGHT WING CRAIG TOURS WAS A BIG FAN OF I.F....
00:48:07 Unidentified Speaker I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS ANYTHING ARTICULATE REVELATORY IN THE FBI FILES THIS?
00:48:13 Unidentified Speaker YES. THEY ARE INCREDIBLY REVELATORY BUT IT REMINDS ME OF ONE OF STONE'S PRESS CLIPS THE IS DOVISH...
00:55:55 Unidentified Speaker APPLIED TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THE BOOK AND HAVE ASSIGNED AND THANK YOU SO MUCH...
00:56:04 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME [APPLAUSE]
00:56:06 Unidentified Speaker D.D. GUTTENPLAN IS THE AUTHOR OF THE HOLOCAUST ON TRIAL IN THE LONDON CORRESPONDENT FOR THE NATION...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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