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DESCRIPTION:Recall the short (1962-1975) but utterly remarkable life of Ramparts 
 magazine, which became the premier leftist publication of its era. Deeply 
 committed to the civil rights and antiwar movements, Ramparts list of 
 contributors  include Noam Chomsky, Cesar Chaves, Seymour Hersh, Angela 
 Davis, and Tariq Ali, among others. It was in its pages that Che Guevaras 
 diaries and the prison diaries of Eldridge Cleaver first appeared, and it 
 is where neo-con David Horowitz cut his teeth in journalism, before 
 renouncing his left-wing political radicalism.\n\nThe list goes on: 
 Ramparts published the first conspiracy theory about JFKs assassination; it 
 was the first to reveal that the CIA had backed the National Student 
 Association during the Cold War and its article about the use of napalm on 
 Vietnamese children (another first) caused Martin Luther King Jr. to speak 
 out against the war for the first time. Although Ramparts folded in 1975, 
 it left an important legacy. Former staffers Jann Wenner and Adam 
 Hochschild founded Rolling Stone and Mother Jones respectively. The 
 magazines combination of high audacity and solid reporting deeply 
 influenced a generation of progressive writers and remains an inspiration 
 for investigative journalists. \n\nAuthor Peter Richardson situates 
 Ramparts within its Bay Area context and assesses its impact on the 
 national stage, while bringing to life the way in which Ramparts 
 entertained readers, mirrored the New Lefts fascination with the media, and 
 exemplified new possibilities for American journalists.  Richardson, chair 
 of the California Studies Association, teaches at SFSU and is the author of 
 American Prophet: The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams.\n\nRobert Scheer 
 is the editor of Truthdig.com and a contributing editor of The Nation. From 
 1964 to 1969, he was managing editor and editor-in-chief of Ramparts, after 
 which he spent close to twenty years at the Los Angeles Times. His most 
 recent book is The Pornography of Power.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/04/18620890.php
SUMMARY:Robert Scheer & Peter Richardson Discuss the Life of Ramparts Magazine
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\n2345 Channing Way\nBerkeley, CA 
 94704\n510-848-3696\nhttp://www.fccb.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/04/18620890.php
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