Street Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the SixtiesIn this new edition of his memoirs, Tariq Ali revisits his formative years as a young radical. It is a story that takes us from Paris and Prague to Hanoi and Bolivia, encountering along the way Malcolm X, Bertrand Russell, Marlon Brando, Henry Kissinger, and Mick Jagger. Ali captures the mood and energy of those years as he tracks the growing significance of the nascent protest movement. This edition includes a new introduction, as well as the famous interview conducted by Tariq Ali and Robin Blackburn with John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1971. |
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References to this book
British Social Movements Since 1945: Sex, Colour, Peace and Power Adam Lent No preview available - 2001 |
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| Title | Street Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties |
| Author | Tariq Ali |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Verso, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1844670295, 9781844670291 |
| Length | 403 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Modern / 20th Century Social Science / Sociology / General |
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