The Crisis of Industrial Society, by Norman Birnbaum by Michael Harrington It is not immediately obvious that Daniel Bell and Herbert Marcuse share the same analysis of Western society. Yet they,…
Writers and Partisans: A History of Literary Radicalism in America, by James Gilbert by Michael Harrington IN 1962, William Phillips analyzed his experience as an editor of MICHAEL HARRINGTON'S most recent book is Toward a Democratic…
Voting the Lesser Evil by Michael Harrington Attempting to articulate the dilemmas faced by the liberal voter this year, COMMENTARY herewith continues its regular column, Election '68.…
Liberalism According to Galbraith by Michael Harrington Liberalism, as it was known for a generation, died in November 1964. Whether it will be reborn remains to be…
Expanding Liberties: Freedom’s Gains in Postwar America, by Milton R. Konvitz by Michael Harrington Milton Konvitz has written an excellent account of the vanguard activities of the Supreme Court in postwar America.
Slums, Old and New by Michael Harrington IT IS clear now that postwar America's greatest single social scandal has been its failure to provide adequate housing for…
Our Fifty Million Poor:Forgotten Men of the Affluent Society by Michael Harrington A FAIR statement of a current myth about poverty in the United States would probably go something like this: the…
