September 28 – Workmen’s Circle NYC
The space at Workmen’s Circle in Midtown Manhattan felt like
an extension of my historical home.
Large crowd with a reporter from a Jewish political blog, Susie Day from
Monthly Review and her partner, Laura Whitehorn, and people from various
socialist organizations. Quite a wonderful introduction by the venues CEO and
then Victor Navasky, the longtime editor of The
Nation told some Studs’ stories. I talked about the three themes I think
unique to the book: 1. Critical Mass of Studs’ Stories; 2. Studs’ lifelong
commitment to fighting and documenting white supremacy; and 3. His belief that
you couldn’t have a democracy without serious conversation and debate. Like
other places, there were great question, and not surprisingly many had to do
with blacklisting and the Communist Party.
September 29 – Bluestockings Books NYC
Small crowd in the very special Anarchist/Cooperative
Bookstore. Especially moving as my old friend and comrade, Allan Wolf, came out
and added to great conversations before, during, and after the event. One of the women working at the store asked
the first question: What would you have liked to ask Studs? My response was
that I would have asked him to talk in depth about Ida Terkel’s strength and
politics. I then added that I really wish that I could have had Ida talk about
her life.
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