Max Elbaum has been involved in peace and anti-racist movements since joining students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in Madison, Wisconsin in the 1960s. Through the 1970s and 1980s he participated in campaigns defending affirmative action and opposing U.S. military interventions in the Third World while writing extensively for the radical press and taking part in then-widespread efforts to construct a new US revolutionary political party. In the 1990s, he was the editor of CrossRoads, a magazine featuring dialogue and debate among socialists and radicals from different left political traditions.

Besides book readings, Max is available to speak about:

1. Parallels and contrasts between the Vietnam War/antiwar movement and today's "war on terrorism"/antiwar movement.

2. The case against the U.S. war against and now occupation of Iraq, and challenges facing today's antiwar movement.

3. Lessons of 1960s movements for today's new activist generation.

4. The evolution of "1960s movements" - from the Mongomery bus boycott in 1955-56 to Wounded Knee in 1973.

5. The experience of the "1968 generation": why so many late-1960s activists turned to revolutionary and socialist perspectives and how their movements developed and declined through the 1970s and 1980s.

6. The new Marxist projects of 1968 and after and what their experience tells us about Marxism's contours and prospects today.

Max Elbaum is available for speaking engagements on the issues raised in the book and book readings. Contact us to arrange a discussion or reading.