Book

Set the Night On Fire

L.A. in the Sixties

2020

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Book Review

Radical Movements in 1960s L.A.

A review of "Set The Night on Fire", an inspiring book that points to a new generation of activists who remain unbowed by conservative historiographies.

by Ryan Reft via The Metropole on January 11, 2021
Book Review

The Many Explosions of Los Angeles in the 1960s

Set the Night on Fire isn't just a portrait of a city in upheaval. It's a history of uprisings for civil rights, against poverty, and for a better world.

by Samuel Farber via Jacobin
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on June 29, 2020
Q&A

“No Matter How Different the Movements Were, the LAPD Targeted Every One of Them”

From the Black Panthers to the Communist Party, radical Los Angeles in the ’60s was a seething cauldron of unrest, united by the brutal repression of the LAPD.

by Mike Davis, Jon Wiener, Meagan Day via Jacobin
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on May 29, 2020

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Mike Davis

The Marxism of Mike Davis

On the life, influences, and “sophisticated yet lucid brand of Marxism” of the late, great writer.

by Nelson Lichtenstein via Jacobin on July 31, 2025

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