http://dir.salon.com/topics/todd_gitlin/?source=rss&aim=todd_gitlin en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/28/morgen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/28/morgen/index.html?source=rss In this conversation and podcast, director Brett Morgen explains why his exhilarating, controversial "Chicago 10" is about 2008 and not 1968. By Todd Gitlin Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/11/02/dems_next_steps/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/11/02/dems_next_steps/index.html?source=rss Not so fast. It's going to take a lot more than indictments to defeat the GOP. By John Gorenfeld Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/12/horowitz_database/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/12/horowitz_database/index.html?source=rss David Horowitz has a new project calculated to give the left apoplexy: A Web site that proclaims insidious links between latte liberals and murderous Islamists. By Todd Gitlin Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/08/24/vietnam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/08/24/vietnam/index.html?source=rss The Swift Boat Vets say John Kerry's testimony about American atrocities in Vietnam is offensive. But they don't say it's false, because the record backs Kerry's account. By Michelle Goldberg Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/17/convention_protest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/17/convention_protest/index.html?source=rss If militants violently disrupt the GOP convention, it could be Chicago 1968 redux -- and Christmas in August for the Bush campaign. By Todd Gitlin Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/02/22/nader_candidacy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/02/22/nader_candidacy/index.html?source=rss He's running for president as an independent, not as a Green. He has no organization. He's starting late. Does Ralph Nader's narcissism have no bounds? By Laura McClure Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/07/19/gitlin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/07/19/gitlin/index.html?source=rss Veteran activist Todd Gitlin speaks out about MoveOn, ANSWER, the Greens -- and how progressives need to emulate the self-discipline of the right to win in 2004. By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2003/06/07/weatherman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2003/06/07/weatherman/index.html?source=rss As a new film about the Weather Underground opens, former '60s revolutionary Mark Rudd wonders whatever possessed him -- and America. By Michelle Goldberg Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/27/antiwar_movement/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/27/antiwar_movement/index.html?source=rss Antiwar activists debate: Should they take over the streets or work to defeat Bush in 2004? By David Horowitz Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/11/25/response/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/11/25/response/index.html?source=rss I have never equated doubts about the war with treason. The only "fifth column" in America is that subset of the left that hates this country and loves its enemies. By Michelle Goldberg Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/26/legacy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/26/legacy/index.html?source=rss To those who knew him, Sen. Paul Wellstone personified the highest ideals of the American left. By Suzy Hansen Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/int/2002/04/15/gitlin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2002/04/15/gitlin/index.html?source=rss Todd Gitlin talks about media overload, the cluelessness of the TV networks, the Washington Post's love for Ken Starr and why conservative viewpoints thrive on TV and radio. By Todd Gitlin Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/07/03/kissinger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/07/03/kissinger/index.html?source=rss The media elite are reviewing Henry Kissinger's latest tome with their usual fawning gullibility. Best not to mention those bony hands reaching out from the grave. By Todd Gitlin Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/04/democracy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/04/democracy/index.html?source=rss What's at stake in Florida is nothing less than the right to vote and to have it count. And once again an angry, elitist GOP is on the wrong side. By Todd Gitlin Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/08/nader/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/08/nader/index.html?source=rss Ralph Nader told his supporters to cast a vote they could be proud of. How do you spell H-U-B-R-I-S? By   Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/11/01/nader/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/11/01/nader/index.html?source=rss By Todd Gitlin By Todd Gitlin Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/10/28/nader/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/10/28/nader/index.html?source=rss Ralph Nader's campaign is reckless, its justifications specious and its consequences possibly irreparable. But it does allow fundamentalist leftists to keep living in their dream world. By   Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/10/26/bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/10/26/bush/index.html?source=rss By Todd Gitlin By Todd Gitlin Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/10/24/bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/10/24/bush/index.html?source=rss George W. Bush's constant gaffes and mental lapses reflect the luxurious laziness of a scion who's never had to work hard at anything. And the media elite has graciously awarded him a Gentleman's C. By Todd Gitlin Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/12/03/clinton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/12/03/clinton/index.html?source=rss Free trader President Clinton veers left in Seattle. But will his finesse be enough to keep Al Gore's Democratic Party intact? By David Horowitz Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/09/08/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/09/08/news/index.html?source=rss Our generation was so torn apart in 1968 that some people's memories went permanently screwy -- Stephen Talbot's for example. By David Horowitz Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1998/08/31/nc_31horo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1998/08/31/nc_31horo/index.html?source=rss The legendary year 1968 stills hold the baby-boom generation in thrall -- but it was actually the pinnacle of anti-democratic narcissism. By Stephen Talbot Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/07/22/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/07/22/news/index.html?source=rss This is the 30th anniversary of a series of tumultuous events that shaped a generation. To understand the activists of the '60s, you have to revisit 1968 and consider what it was like to those who lived through it. By Todd Gitlin Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1996/05/27/boomer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1996/05/27/boomer/index.html?source=rss Why baby boomers hate Bill Clinton -- and themselves