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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT
HEAVY RADICALS
Heavy Radicals
is a concise and insightful history of a long-
forgotten but vibrant radical movement. Leonard and Gallagher
break new ground in revealing the extent to which law
enforcement will go to infiltrate, destabilize and ultimately
destroy domestic political organizations that espouse a
philosophy counter to the status quo. To better understand the
current state of domestic surveillance and political repression,
from Occupy Wall Street to the Edward Snowden revelations,
start with this little gem of a book.
T.J. English,
author of
The Savage City
and
Havana Nocturne
In this masterfully written and extensively researched book,
Aaron Leonard with Conor A. Gallagher offers a no-nonsense
critical analysis of one of the most resilient, misunderstood, and
controversial anti-capitalist organizations of the last fifty years.
This book is a MUST READ for anyone invested in nuancing
their understanding of revolutionary political struggle and
unrelenting state repression in the United States.
Robeson Taj Frazier,
author of
The East Is Black: Cold War China
in the Black Radical Imagination
Based on impeccable research, Heavy Radicals explores the rise
of the Revolutionary Communist Party in the late 1960s and
1970s. Militant Maoists, dedicated to revolutionary class
struggle, the RCP was one of many organizations that fought to
carry on the 60s struggle for radical change in the United States
well after SDS and other more well known groups imploded.
Leonard and Gallagher help us to understand how the RCP’s
revolutionary ideology resonated with a small group of young
Heavy Radicals: The FBI’s Secret War on America’s Maoists
people in post-1968 America, took inspiration from the People’s
Republic of China, and brought down the wrath of the FBI.
David Farber,
author of
The Age of Great Dreams: America in the
1960s
Meticulously researched, drawing on both internal documents
hiding in plain sight and a wealth of information gained through
laborious freedom of information requests, Heavy Radicals is a
great example of history of the near past — in examining how the
FBI acted, we are better able to understand the methods
employed in undermining dissent today.
Eveline Lubbers,
author of
Secret Manoeuvres in the Dark:
Corporate and Police Spying on Activists
In this untold and highly accessible history of Sixties radicalism,
Aaron Leonard and Conor Gallagher expertly guides us through
the world of the Maoists who picked up and maintained the
activist cause well into the seventies, long after others had
collapsed. Fascinating!
Rick Shenkman,
Founder and publisher of George Mason
University’s History News Network
Heavy Radicals:
The FBI’s Secret War
on America’s Maoists
The Revolutionary Union / Revolutionary
Communist Party 1968-1980

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