Table of Contents
Foreword Alicia Garza ix
Preface to the Paperback Edition xvii
Acknowledgements xxiii
Introduction 1
Part I A New Generation of Revolutionaries: 1968-1973
1 "The System" Becomes the Target 15
2 The Appeal of Third World Marxism 41
3 The Transformation of New Left Radicalism 59
Part II Gotta Get Down to It: 1968-1973
4 A New Communist Movement Takes Shape 93
5 Strongest Pole on the Anticapitalist Left 111
6 Elaborate Doctrine, Weak Class Anchor 129
7 Envisioning the Vanguard 145
8 Bodies on the Line: The Culture of a Movement 163
Part III Battered by Recession, Restructuring and Reaction: 1974-1981
9 The Momentum Is Broken 183
10 China's New Policies Split the Movement 207
11 Rival Trends Try Party Building, Round Two 227
12 Fatal Crises and First Obituaries 253
Part IV Walking on Broken Glass: 1982-1992
13 The Survivors Build the Rainbow 269
14 The Collapse of Communism 287
Part V End of a Long March
15 Movement Veterans Adjust to Civilian Life 305
16 Lessons from the New Communist Movement 315
Appendix: Glossary of New Communist Movement Organizations 339
Bibliography 343
Notes 353
Index 375