Word: booths
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Weaned in a politically-minded family, his parents both active in ADA and his father working in the Labor Department, Booth made his "first political mistake" in 1952 when he distributed leaflets for Harriman in the fight against Kefauver...
...very prosaic guy," Booth said, and in spite of his reputation as a radical there seemed a note of truth in his snicker. To prove his point, Booth reported that he attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D. C., then went to Swarthmore College where he majored in Political Science, worked in the student government, and wrote for The Phoenix, the college newspaper. But this was only a temporary phase, he assured...
...Haber, founder of SDS, discovered Booth in October 1961 and became his tutor. By June 1962, Booth had learned enough to be elected vice-president of SDS at the Port Huron conference. Booth's campus life wasn't all politics: he joined the Civil Rights movement, went to a variety of political meetings, and read the New York Times faithfully, but as he explains, "there was still enough time to run with the hippy crowd." The pressure of student politics left him little opportunity to study, and in his own words he graduated "Magna Cum Difficultatis...
...formal academic world failed to inspire Booth, he synthesized his own philosophy by combining C. Wright Mills and Paul Goodman. Mills, he elaborated, depicts the distribution of political power in the U.S. and its irresponsible use, while Goodman emphasizes human potential and resourcefulness. A some what cynical outlook resulted, tempered by an ambition to actively challenge our political structure. Booth also admits that he consistantly read a British publication called the New Left Review...
Since 1961, Booth has made an important contribution in extending the SDS community. In one of his early efforts, he organized a Tenants' League in Oakland, Calif. More recently he helped co-ordinate the March on Washington and has piloted SDS Vietnam policy. Booth criticizes today's SDS members as insufficiently interested in politics. He considers himself an exception to this rule and fears he alienates some of the members by insisting on the political nature...