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The '60s, again.(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the Editor)

American Prospect, The,  June, 2005  by Russo, John; Metzgar, Jack

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> KEVIN MATTSON HAS written a provocative article about the 1960s and '70s ["Goodbye to All That," April] that suggests that the real legacy of the period belongs not to the liberal left but to conservatives and their organizing and infrastructure building. Particularly important is his emphasis that little was accomplished by the "expressive politics" of the time or by the protest mentality, which was "too fleeting and spasmodic." But while we think his emphasis on organizing and infrastructure building is tonic for the present and future, he arrives at ...

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