Thanks to Bill Ayers for his kind words about Party in the Street in Publisher’s Weekly. See:
Interviewed on Talk Nation Radio by David Swanson
Here I am on Talk Nation Radio discussing Party in the Street, my new book co-authored with Fabio Rojas. Thanks many times over to David Swanson for organizing and conducting the interview. I enjoyed the conversation. Listen here:
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-michael-heaney-on-what-partisanship-does-to-a-peace-movement/
Talk at Book Culture (112th) in New York City on Wednesday, March 4
On Wednesday, March 4, from 7pm to 8:30pm, I will be giving a book talk at Book Culture (112th) in New York City about Party in the Street: The Antiwar Movement and the Democratic Party after 9/11, co-authored with Fabio Rojas. More information is here:
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Talk at Seminary Coop Bookstore in Chicago on Tuesday, March 3
On Tuesday, March 3, from 6:30pm to 8pm, I will gave a book talk at the Seminary Coop Bookstore in Chicago about Party in the Street: The Antiwar Movement and the Democratic Party after 9/11, co-authored with Fabio Rojas. More information is here: http://www.semcoop.com/event/michael-heaney-and-bill-ayers-party-street
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Talk at Busboys & Poets in Washington, DC on Monday, March 2
On Monday, March 2, from 6:30pm to 8pm, I will be giving a book talk at Busboys and Poets (14th/V) in Washington, DC about Party in the Street: The Antiwar Movement and the Democratic Party after 9/11, co-authored with Fabio Rojas. More information is here: http://www.tfcbooks.org/book/9781107448803
Students in OS 203 Activism Making Waves
Students in my OS 203 Activism course are making waves. They launched a petition to change the 2005-2006 Academic Calendar so that finals in the Fall end before December 23 (the current schedule). On Thursday, they will be speaking before the University of Michigan Board of Regents. See:
http://www.michigandaily.com/news/upetition-calls-changed-vacation-dates
How Can Social Movements Win in an Era of Strong Political Parties?
Thanks to Kevin Zeese for inviting me to contribute this essay to Popular Resistance:
https://www.popularresistance.org/did-partisanship-kill-the-antiwar-movement/
Written up in The Monkey Cage (Washington Post blog)
Andrew Gelman reviewed Party in the Street today for The Monkey Cage, a blog of the Washington Post. Read Andrew’s review here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/02/05/what-happened-to-the-antiwar-movement/
Review of Party in the Street by David Swanson
David Swanson has written a learned and thoughtful review of Party in the Street, my new book with Fabio Rojas. David will also be interviewing me this Thursday morning for a radio interview to air on March 17. I look forward to discussing points of agreement and disagreement. Thanks to David for the serious engagement with the work. Read his review here:
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/02/blind-partisanship.html
Party in the Street is in print and has its first reader!
