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Todd Gitlin talked about his book, Occupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street. The interview, part of Book TV’s college series, was recorded in the King’s Co…

Authors Peter Beinart and Todd Gitlin discussed their new books and the Democratic Party’s need to provide a credible alternative to the administration’s policies on national security. This …

Professor Gitlin talked about his book The Intellectuals and the Flag, published by Columbia University Press. The book is a collection of essays encouraging the political Left in America to…

Panelists discussed the impact of BookTV on the literacy movement. They spoke about a recent report from the National Endowment for the Arts that claimed that reading in the U.S. is in decli…

At a panel discussion by the New Democratic Majority in New York City, participants talked about free speech issues, the role of mass citizen protests, a scheduled march to protest Bush admi…

Professor Todd Gitlin discussed his book Letters to a Young Activist: The Art of Mentoring, published by Basic Books. Writing in the form of a personal letter, Professor Gitlin looks back o…

Todd Gitlin talked about his article in Mother Jones magazine on President Bush’s foreign policy doctrine and its impact on the world community. He also responded to audience telephone calls…

In a forum titled “Higher Education and Democracy in Peace and War: Is Higher Education Compatible with Patriotism?,” participants talked about the state of higher education and the dominan…

Author Todd Gitlin discussed his book Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives. His book outlineed the media-saturated society we live in, from video games …

Friends and colleagues read from the book, C. Wright Mills: Letters and Autobiographical Writings, published by the University of California Press. They also talked about their connections w…

Panelists talked about the highlights of 1968, including the Vietnam War, the demonstrations, the culture, and the election of President Richard Nixon.

Mr. Crouch spoke about the historical and political controversy over multiculturalism, especially in education. This was part of a conference honoring Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., who has writte…

Professor Mark Crispin Miller of Johns Hopkins University talked about the negative influence of media mergers on citizens' resources for both entertainment and information. This was part of…

Panelists spoke on the impact of 1996 election on U.S. cultural conflict.

During a symposium on U.S. labor movement political strategies, participants discussed how it can promote a progressive agenda against the dominance of corporate interests. They examined iss…

Journalists and scholars talked about U.S. popular culture in a forum entitled, “Does the Spread of American Popular Culture Advance American Interests?” during a symposium on global pop cul…