Word: sds
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...could reasonably be mistaken for penitence. The rap on Fonda has always been that she twists herself into the ideal of whatever man she's with--avant-garde boy toy for first husband and Barbarella director Roger Vadim, liberal activist for second husband and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) co-founder Tom Hayden, traditional corporate wife for the third, Dixie-loving media mogul Ted Turner. But it wasn't until 1998, when she made an unblinking 20-minute autobiographical film as a 60th-birthday present for herself, that she realized it was true. "The disease to please...
...could reasonably be mistaken for penitence. The rap on Fonda has always been that she twists herself into the ideal of whatever man she's with-avant-garde boy toy for first husband and Barbarella director Roger Vadim, liberal activist for second husband and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) co-founder Tom Hayden, traditional corporate wife for the third, Dixie-loving media mogul Ted Turner. But it wasn't until 1998, when she made an unblinking 20-minute autobiographical film as a 60th-birthday present for herself, that she realized it was true. "The disease to please...
...Viewpoints were scattered, which made for an outward appearance of apathy. We weren’t polarized, either—that implies two distinct viewpoints. We were all focused on our own diverse interests. People would get involved in organizations that weren’t as vocal as the SDS, but they were still driven by genuine concerns. In general, people cared a lot about the University, but not all in the same way. There are so many misconceptions about our class because of the takeover and the riots...
...think I became more cynical, seeing who left the building and who stayed until the end. It’s true, many people were very committed to the SDS movement. But it was interesting to see who left University Hall before the bust came. Many of the organizers, the older students left, leaving the freshmen locked in the Yard. Many freshmen were beaten by the police when the bust arrived, long after the organizers had fled...
Peltason: There was a youthful rebelliousness that took the form of the SDS movement. The excitements of that time, for me, had more to do with the music and the culture at large than the politics of Harvard University. There is a distinction between politics and unspecific acts of outrage for pure pleasure. There was a lot of admirable political passion and a lot of unadmirable self-righteousness...