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Set the Night On Fire

L.A. in the Sixties
  • Mike Davis
  • Jon Wiener
2020
Verso Books

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  • Postcard of Wilshire Boulevard
    Book Review

    Radical Movements in 1960s L.A.

    A review of "Set The Night on Fire", an inspiring book that points to a new generation of activists who remain unbowed by conservative historiographies.
    by Ryan Reft via The Metropole on January 11, 2021
  • Young demonstraters from Los Angeles in La Marcha Por La Justicia, 1971.
    Book Review

    The Many Explosions of Los Angeles in the 1960s

    Set the Night on Fire isn't just a portrait of a city in upheaval. It's a history of uprisings for civil rights, against poverty, and for a better world.
    by Samuel Farber via Jacobin on June 29, 2020

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