Authors / Dick Flacks
Dick Flacks, a Jewish Currents contributing writer, is emeritus professor of sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara. His many writings on U.S. social movements include Making History: The American Left and the American Mind. He hosts a weekly radio show, “Culture of Protest,” aired on Thursdays, 6 – 7 P.M. EST, at KCSB, and is coauthor with Rob Rosenthal of Playing for Change: Music and Musicians in the Service of Social Movements (Routledge, 2010).
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The Darker Truth of “Shithole-Gate”?
Dick Flacks January 25, 2018
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Hootenannies vs. McCarthyism: Reading Pete Seeger
Dick Flacks May 2, 2014
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Remembering Yip Harburg
Dick Flacks February 12, 2014
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Pete Seeger’s Project
Dick Flacks January 30, 2014
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Celebrating Progressive Patriotism on the Fourth of July
Dick Flacks and Peter Dreier July 3, 2013
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Why Surveillance Is a Big Deal
Dick Flacks June 13, 2013
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Frameworks for Post-Election Activism
Dick Flacks November 16, 2012
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Viewing Obama through a Marxist Lens
Dick Flacks May 27, 2011