The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism

Index

INDEX 289 1970s, the: 2008 presidential campaign, 1–2; alternative political communities, 5, 29–30, 231–232, 237–243, 261–262; anti-imperialism, 7, 10, 64, 155, 157, 163–168, 216–217; armed struggles, 4, 5, 9, 28, 39, 87–88, 113n19, 136, 143–145, 164–165, 252–253; clandestine organizations, 9, 11, 135–136, 143–145, 148–149, 164, 250–251, 256–258, 263; community-building, 5, 12, 177–178, 186, 216–218, 242–243, 245, 278–280; conservatism and, 2–3, 6–7, 9–10, 222; as contemporary reference point, 1–2, 9–10; electoral politics, 9–10, 251–252; grassroots social movements, 2, 4, 10, 11, 113n19, 136, 217, 231, 263, 268; limits as framework, 4, 6–9, 263–264; as the “long sixties,” 4–5; neoliberalism and, 7, 203; periodization, 4, 195–196; personal transformation and, 6, 238–240, 242–243, 245–246; politics of resentment, 8, 108, 214–216, 221–222, 225; poor people’s movements, 17n48, 27, 33–34, 51, 118–119, 214–219, 226–227, 228n17; race and, 8, 22–23, 25, 57–60, 156–157, 165, 214–216; racism and, 23–24, 25, 45, 51, 55n82, 56n83, 78–79, 132n14, 132n18, 214–216, 219–220, 225; radical pacifism, 10, 28, 146–147, 231–233, 236, 250–251, 257–258, 262; sexism and, 37n48, 45, 49, 51–52, 85, 236, 246; spirituality and, 5, 6, 8, 83, 178, 182–183, 238–239, 253, 261–263, 266n50; transracial/national solidarity, 11, 22–23, 25, 87–88, 99–101, 157, 163–168, 215, 219–220, 276–277; vanguard political formations, 5, 60, 70, 151n31, 156, 158, 162, 169; Vietnam War as oppositional framework, 3, 6, 14n10, 57–58, 83, 137, 140, 144, 151n31, 179, 251–252; whiteness and, 8, 155–157, 165–166, 214–216, 224, 225, 230n52, 276; women and, 4, 37n48, 39, 45, 49, 51–52, 85, 236, 246, 267–269, 275–277 Abalone Alliance, 262 Abernathy, Ralph, 65 abolitionist organizing, 11, 21–23, 28–33, 37n48 Aborigines Advancement League (AAL), 112n9 Absurd Response to an Absurd War, 182 Abzug, Bella, 276 Acoli, Sundiata, 71n9 ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), 17n48 ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), 179, 182, 246 Adams, Howard (Hank), 79, 83, 116 Ad Hoc Committee on Prison Reform in the Northeast, 31 Africa Information Service, 110 African Liberation Day, 108 African Liberation Support Committee, 108, 109 African National Congress (ANC), 123, 127, 133n22 African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), 112n11 African Society for Cultural Relations with Independent Africa (ASCRIA), 106 Afrikan People’s Party, 74n40 Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization (AAPSO), 133n24 Afro-Caribbean Circle, 101 Afro-Caribbean Self-Help Organization, 101 Aguirre, Pedro, 198, 199, 200 Ahmad, Muhammad, 64 Ahrens, Lois, 49 AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP), 179, 182, 246 Akwesasne (encampment community), 61 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), 62 Alba, Panama, 147 Alcatraz (encampment community), 61, 116, 117, 118, 123, 268, 282n12 Alderson Federal Women’s Prison, 22 Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN), 144 Alinsky, Saul, 225–226, 230n48, 280 Alston, Ashanti, 23–24 alternative political communities, 5, 29–30, 231–232, 237–243, 261–262. See also Movement for a New Society (MNS) Amato, Will, 185, 188 American Friends Service Committee (AFSC): AQAG and, 233; Conference of Eighty meeting (1971), 233; MNS and, 233–234; prison abolition organizing, 29–30, 33 American Indian Movement (AIM): alternative structures of governance of, 58–60, 271–272; Anicinabe Park occupation and, 80, 86–87; anticolonialism/ decolonization struggles, 59–60, 153n53; COINTELPRO and, 258–259; Crazy Horse and, 57, 59, 71n10; decline of, 69–70; INDEX 290 American Indian Movement (AIM) (continued) Dennis Banks and, 79–80, 81–82, 86, 90n20, 91n40; global framework and, 80, 86–87, 93, 118–119; impact of previous generations of activism on, 59, 60–62; influence of Black Power on, 116–117; International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), 63, 118–119, 123, 267, 268, 275; land-based struggles and, 58–60, 59, 71; Maoism and, 71n6, 87, 93; multiracial coalitions and, 141, 153n53; national liberation and, 58–60, 153n53; prisoner activism and, 24; Russell Means and, 62, 71n10, 116; survival schools, 272–275, 282n15; Trail of Broken Treaties march (1972), 62, 117; urban focus of, 61, 62–63; Wanrow case support, 40; Wounded Knee Resistance and, 62–63, 117–118 anarchism, 10, 184, 186, 187, 231, 232, 236 ANC (African National Congress), 123, 127, 133n22 ANCSA (Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act), 62 Anderson...