The War Against Zimbabwe by Bayard Rustin No election held in any country at any time within memory has been more widely or vociferously scorned by international…
Africa, Soviet Imperialism & the Retreat of American Power by Bayard Rustin After years of being regarded by the United States as a continent of little political, strategic, or economic significance, Africa…
What Is a Liberal-Who Is a Conservative? A Symposium by Lionel Abel, Jervis Anderson, William Barrett, David T. Bazelon, Pearl K. Bell, Ronald Berman, Norman Birnbaum, Joseph W. Bishop, Midge Decter, Edward Jay Epstein, Charles Frankel, Carl Gershman, Nathan Glazer, Eric F. Goldman, Walter Goodman, Sidney Hook, H. Stuart Hughes, Alfred Kazin, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Robert Lekachman, Carey McWilliams, Martin Mayer, Michael Novak, William Phillips, Earl Raab, Diane Ravitch, Harold Rosenberg, Richard H. Rovere, Bayard Rustin, Thomas Sowell, Roger Starr, Ben J. Wattenberg, Paul H. Weaver, James Q. Wilson, Peter P. Witonski, C. Vann Woodward and Dennis H. Wrong Commentary recently asked a group of 64 intellectuals: Are you satisfied with the way terms like liberal and conservative, or…
The Lessons of the Long Hot Summer by Bayard Rustin Toward the end of the long hot summer of 1967, Vice-President Humphrey was asked to comment on the assertion that…
“Black Power” and Coalition Politics by Bayard Rustin There are two Americas--black and white--and nothing has more clearly revealed the divisions between them than the debate currently raging…
The Watts by Bayard Rustin The riots in the Watts section of Los Angeles last August continued for six days, during which 34 persons were…
Johnson So Far: II: Civil Rights by Bayard Rustin When Lyndon Johnson goes before a joint session of Congress and proclaims that "We Shall Overcome," how is the civil-rights…
From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement by Bayard Rustin The civil rights movement is evolving from a protest movement into a full-fledged social movement--an evolution calling its very name…