A Forgotten '60s Radical Movement

[@realryanchapman]

I thought I'd delete the generic comment I had here and return to this video in 2024 to address the one main criticism that people seem to have of it, which doesn't have to do with the content itself, but I suppose is worth addressing: my body language. I'm not someone who enjoys public speaking. I've never in my life wanted to do it. Doing it on such sensitive issue - issues that are bound to upset a lot of people - is especially uncomfortable for me. I started making these videos, not because I wanted to be a public figure, but because I thought having this content be publicly and freely available was socially important and worth my time and efforts. I also thought putting a face behind the content (and not just narrate to visuals) was the right thing to do, so you could see the person making these claims and judge my character for yourself. What you see on screen is my grappling with all that. In practice that meant I had a hard time thinking while also looking into the camera, so for this video I looked off to the side to gather my thoughts if I had to think mid-sentence. This is also one of the earlier videos, and my later ones are much more comfortable. I've even begun to enjoy speaking on camera on some level, though I'd still rather not. I don't have much to add besides that. Hope you enjoyed the vid! - Ryan

[@citycrusher9308]

Some good advice for the improvement for the left - Reject the f3m1nism rampant in the left wing. You can't improve society when a hate movement holding the reins

[@citycrusher9308]

@22:05 - ''So, the equal rights didn't pass. But it wasn't because of men. A conservative w man stop it'' - ''But that's another story''(you don't want to deal with this issue) That's right. Men were never against equality. Conservative w men saw their PRIVILEGES under attack and took action

[@HairFetishTitans]

@@citycrusher9308 women can never be in favour of equality.

[@citycrusher9308]

@@HairFetishTitans True. That would mean having their privileges reduced

[@citycrusher9308]

@28:45 - ''This kind of extremism doesn't represent ''F" as a whole'' Wrong. It definitely DOES represent this hate movement accurately

[@mkmk-eu5im]

These types of individual creator well researched long videos are exactly what we need in this time and age. Well done Ryan.

[@V-RADIO]

I do them. Unfortunately it's hard to get people to watch them. People's attention span is like 5 minutes.

[@nasaihyana]

@@V-RADIO just subbed will check your material out

[@AvgJane19]

@@V-RADIO you do post consistently enough which the algorithm likes, but the titles and thumbnails of your videos are messy and confusing. Meaning the algorithm doesn't understand which audiences would want to see your content. They give off conspiracy theory vibes, not "I've done hours of research and have put together an analysis based on x theory with y number of first hand accounts". So the audience for this video wouldn't be interested in your stuff until you figure out how to appropriately market your channel. Hope that helps

[@themartialartsapproach8786]

There's a consistent down playing of the negative aspects of the Right, and an often wtf overinflation of the negative side of the Left. Usually, despite the delivery, David either doesn't understand many of the aspects of the Left he covers, or he's purposely misinforming people. I hope it's the former.

[@Lazabaza7752]

👏

[@otsoko66]

Extremely well done -- I grew up as a white boy in the civil rights movement in the South -- my mom & protestant minister dad moved to Memphis in 1961 to be part of the movement (they were aligned with MLK's SCLC - so clearly on the 'liberal' wing of the movement. So, I grew up listening to the liberal vs radical arguments.) - and I grew up on a college campus and saw the development of the student movement there -- and then in the 70s I dealt with coming out as gay ... so I lived through a lot of this. THE key event to explain why the GLF's (founded 1969) Marxist approach didn't take hold, and why the SDS collapsed in 68/69, was leftists' reaction to the Soviet's brutal crackdown in Czechoslovakia in 1968 after the Prague Spring (which was seen by lots of Marxists and socialists in the US as an example of workable communism without the heavy-handed Soviet police state). It really did have the effect of making labeling yourself Marxist or communist much more difficult, especially in 1969.

[@flyingmonkey3822]

Hi I’m 38 and grew up in South Carolina with Republican parents who valued what I’d call classical liberalism nowadays and thought that republicans were always the home of the civil rights movement. Not that either party really has an interest beyond their own, but what do you think about “the big switch”?

[@srpskihayk]

Yeah, that whole civil rights movement was and is a Marxist plot to overthrow God-fearing American values. It must be defeated at all costs. No one deserves rights.

[@Aaronnail83]

@@flyingmonkey3822 I'm 38 and grew up in North Carolina with Republican Southern Baptist parents and always understood that "the big switch" was a real thing that happened, which was further engrained as I worked at a Civil War historic site in my late teens. Some former "Dixiecrats" were still serving while we were alive, I KNOW you're familiar with Strom T., he flipped parties in the 60s saying the D's no longer represented his "values". To me, when I was younger at least, Dems always represented corruption, cities, "sleeze", etc. But the Republican's were pro-war (Iraq)/military, low taxes, cutting funding to social programs, and most of all - the "Moral" Majority, Christians who wanted to dictate how everyone else got to live. That's what ultimately lost me and made me leave that party in my early 20s.

[@dubachatron4094]

@@flyingmonkey3822 Total myth. Democrats just trying to project their racist roots onto others.

[@flyingmonkey3822]

@@Aaronnail83 I graduated college in ‘06 and Bush was the keynote speaker! Later I found out what a neocon was and while bussing tables in Long Island country clubs on the weekends it never occurred to me that there were “rich republicans”, the rich and city dwellers were all democrats. It seems that the controlling interests behind the republicans changed to trying to influence the democrats around the time of Al Gore and the rise of big tech. But overall I wouldn’t say that racism defined why someone joined a party until the democrats began race baiting during Obama’s time. Trump was a lifelong democrat but gained the Republican nomination by claiming to offer a solution to Republican corruption. Bernie Sanders is an outright socialist and communist sympathizer who honeymooned in Moscow, but no one ever painted him kissing Putin bc they were able to steal his nomination which he won by claiming to be also an alternative to Democrat corruption. The binary is false, both parties have abandoned the center and the sneeches on the beaches have painted stars upon thars too many times to say definitively that one is good and the other bad. At this point I’m libertarian and hopeful that we can simply restrain the power each party has at all so that we can coexist somehow. I don’t want my kids embroiled in a civil war.

[@jen7662]

Understanding Yuri Bezmenov and the Four stages of Ideological subversion is a great accompaniment to this video.

[@yuothineyesasian]

As is an understanding of the Frankfurt School and critical theory in the post war years before the 60's. Literally the ideological forerunner of the deconstructionist worldview.

[@simonjonsson3654]

Gonna check him up. Thanks for the tip!

[@gembearer67]

Thank you

[@darrellwhitman1962]

This is an exceptional piece of original work. I was an SDS member, but among those who didn't realize what it was until 1968, when I began to understand where Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn were taking this group. Then powerful outside groups, like the Institute for Policy Studies, began to move in to take over grass-roots political groups. There still there now, working behind the political curtain to realize their nightmare, as they did with Antifa and Extinction Rebellion. Your question as to why this period isn't studied or taught authentically deserves an answer. I think it's because the ghosts still haunt us as a nation, and powerful people don't want us to know their own connection with all of this. Thanks again. Dr. Darrell Whitman

[@AegonCallery-ty6vy]

It is a common trajectory for well meaning protest or alternative groups to be taken over by more radical players. Infiltrate and push out 'softies' and build yr powerbase. Quite often this leads to eventual self destruction ( like the Black Panthers, the German Red Brigade etc) unless they play the political long game of hiding their motives and require influence and money over time. We are talking Greenpeace and the overall Green Agenda, basically fascists in disguise.

[@alfredroberthogan5426]

The SDS represents the wonderful leftist progressive POV. Why would anyone who was in SDS disrespect Extinction Rebellion or even Antifa?

[@MrAdrien1999]

@@alfredroberthogan5426i too was a bit baffled by this comment of the former SDS member… especially regarding Antifascism….

[@spencergoold7860]

I rarely feel compelled to comment on anything, but I’m so glad I stumbled across this channel a few days ago. Your content is so well-studied, educational, unbiased, and it has references! This is gold.

[@Yakobis]

This shit is so biased. It’s just your bias

[@alanponikvar3921]

I was in SDS in Ann Arbor in the late sixties. I think your overview is fair. I would just like to add three points. First, while SDS was a national organization, each chapter on each campus determined its policy objectives without input from any national body. In Ann Arbor, we would have resisted any attempt at oversight. Second, most of the time was spent in endless meetings. Third, there was internal pressure to "pick up the gun". We were all raised in peaceful middle-class homes. There was always the sense that if things got too crazy we could just walk away ... which most of us did.

[@SandfordSmythe]

Some writer theorized that the disorganization of the New Left was due to the fact that there were no experienced Old Left leaders left after McCarthy. Someone brought two figures from each together for a discussion. The Old Left figure played a pompous, rigid role. The New Left guy played an impulsive, rebellious role. It didn't work out too well, but both sides later acknowledged their faults.

[@judypratt2868]

That's the security of middle class, you know you have options and can walk away.

[@mikemestas9835]

we would have aited for the taco stands to circle the wagons and get to point B self determinism but Dylan sang " like a slave in orbit he's beaten till he.s tame..... and i give up but remember La Huelga---the struggle......and we radicals are probably no middle class...which for touchy reasons i hated...now i am a recepient of an army disabled pension....i respect all you lls struggle for self determination....

[@lifecloud2]

I was around during this time too but wasn't a part of any particular group. Still, those I knew were indeed pretty radical. Still, we were scared of the SDS and groups like the Weathermen. To us, these groups were far too extreme. We wanted eventual harmony not the overthrow of the government ... just change for a more peaceful world. (We were pretty danged naive. HAHA!)

[@eemoogee160]

@@lifecloud2 did you think change could be achieved through voting alone?

[@ehudshapira2745]

This is one of the best videos I've ever seen on KZbin, and I've seen far too many. This is the first time I'm goving money on youtube. Your channel is a veritable goldmine. Thank you for your work, and may you keep doing it.

[@michaelfrost1310]

I was a child in the sixties. I remember the protests and marches but understood nothing about it. I was never clear on the subject. I’m much clearer after watching this. You made it easy to follow. Good job.

[@publius09]

Same here.

[@brokenrecord3523]

I was born in '62 and remember being afraid of "hippies." lord 😕

[@Awakeningspirit20]

That's awesome! I guess that would be like me in the 2000s. How actually was it in the 60s? I feel like I want to like this time, I am a left-winger, after all, but when I look back at the old footage and what it seemed to be like, I get chills of terror. I best describe this time as "Satan running wild"; everything we experience in the 2010s and 2020s is nothing compared to the 60s; they rhyme but what was going on in the 60s was way, way darker. It just really creeps me out. You had real, violent racists (not just people we label as such, but the real deal), you had environmental pollution and destruction we can't even imagine today, we don't realize just how spoiled we actually are. I enjoyed 2020 and wish it went further; people went about those protests almost like it was fun, compared to the Civil Rights protests; people got beaten near to death back then and kept going, that was serious life-or-death stuff.

[@EIKLURAM]

I've tried three times to comment on this and the other two were rejected. So much for free speech.

[@leolyon2373]

In 1969, for some unfathomable reason I sat next to Stokley on a flight from Chicago To Savana. I was a 14 year old kid and had no clue who Mr. Carmichael was. But for well two hours I sat next to and talked with, a very nice and inquisitive man. Here I was a white Catholic kid from Utah and now that I have reflect upon it, what an anomaly we both were to one another. The one thing that has always stayed with me was his tolerance and patience with my naive questions and complete lack of understanding of the mentality of Bull Connors, Segregation, and Jim Crow. God bless you Stokley . Thanks to you, I never stopped learning.

[@Souljahna]

What a great memory. Thanks for sharing.

[@divergentsenior]

Wow it is those serendipitous meetings that make life a great adventure.

[@actionflower6706]

Carmichael being a grown man at the time you describe, and your being 14, I would argue his failure to be inquisitive enough. There you were ( and are) just getting on with life trying to do your best like anyone else. You had (and have) fxxx all to do with Jim Crow laws, or oppressing anybody, or doing anything to disoblige Carmichael or anyone else. You were an obstinately real bit of evidence that his crackpot, mean spirited, shallow ideas, cut and pasted from the awful brute buried in North London were just that. So I guess he spent the flight thrashing out a workaround. You were a good kid, eager to please your elders. He was the xxxxx who xxxxx up the work of Dr King, who was a great man.

[@ace6285]

Kudos to your 14 year old self to have had sufficient confidence and curiosity to engage in a conversation with an adult so that he deemed it worth his time to take seriously.

[@seanodanielsart]

My father had a similar story. I grew up in Oakland and he actually met Huey Newton )founder of the Black Panthers) in a bar. My dad being a young white college graduate had a productive and friendly conversation with him as well. We all used to speak and listen very well. A far cry from those who just cancel censor and scream now.

[@leslielandberg5620]

The SDS platform was CLASSIC Marxist Mott and Bailey, a cheap slight of hand. That guy in Berkeley incidentally was a family friend of my Dad's. My mom was center right leaning, but didn't often led on to how idiotic a lot of my Dad's ideas were. It was the 60's.

[@TheSeeking2know]

This is probably the most informative channel I have recently found (or, rather, been recommended) on KZbin. The key draw is just your presentations style and the very educative way you display pictures, use short video clips, and highlight text from books. You would make a great professor I think. I also hope you are doing OK and staying healthy, Ryan.

[@edwinamendelssohn5129]

I think is too. So many people are misinformed. 😊

[@philosophicalneo]

yea ive enjoyed his videos. if youd like other recommendations - not only do i have a categorized list on my channel's playlists, but the Michael Sugrue channel as well as New Discourses channel are great

[@TheSeeking2know]

@@philosophicalneo Thanks.

[@josephososkie3029]

Just for perspective if a truck driver is late dropping off a shipment he has to explain why and what steps he took and will take in the future. If an intellectual presents ideas and draws faulty conclusions from faulty and singular perceptions………..there’s no accountability.

[@TheSeeking2know]

@@josephososkie3029 Who are you asking this question?

[@RandomAussieGuy87]

This was absolutely fascinating. Please keep them coming.

[@realryanchapman]

Encouraging, thank you!

[@AstroSquid]

It's f'n brilliant.

[@phonkphonk]

Agreed, these guys need all the support on patreon and the like. I hope he's able to keep pushing! It'll be a slow grind but great content always, eventually rises to the top.

[@isabelgellibrandi7496]

@No One Yippies were members of the Youth International Party. The two big personalities were Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. Where most of the new left would be considered maoist, the yippies were more fluid, though closer to anarchist/libertarian socialist. They were a much more theatrical organization with much less involvement in violence or outright terrorism. Also, yuppies were baby boomers rather than gen x and were continuing on from hippies, through yippies and then to yuppies.

[@davidyohalem629]

@@isabelgellibrandi7496 While Rubin became the quintessential yuppie, you can't say the same of Abbie Hoffman. After going underground and under an assumed name, he became a very active environmental activist, fighting the system that initially tried to sweep the Love Canal disaster under the carpet. He was politically consistent and much more articulate than Jerry Rubin. His suicide was as much a protest against the yuppies' self-centeredness as out of personal depression. On a personal note, I first encountered Abbie on October 21, 1967, date of my first arrest for trying to levitate the Pentagon. No sense of humor in the government. Anyway, he was kind, funny and brilliant. I'd also add that most of the New Left was not Maoist in either theory or praxis.

[@cliftontorrence839]

As an individual who live through and participated in the period you describe I affirm you have accomplished an accurate yet gentle appraisal of those days. Thank you for an excellent job.

[@erc9468]

It’s so eye-opening to see this 60 years later. It is impossible to overstate how obvious that in the end, none of these groups want to “level the playing field”. They see an oppressive power structure that they want to overthrow so that *they* can become the new oppressive power structure.

[@MostlyCloudy]

This is exactly why I left the left this time. Same BS.

[@obedirect5491]

Yes Blacks want self determination and want the dominant culture to leave them the h3ll alone. Still the case today.

[@johnhutsler8122]

This is hands down my favorite channel. Love these deep dives so much. I've read tons of books on political history, especially on the left, and even I learn a bunch of new stuff on every video. I clearly don't know as much as I thought, which is super exciting to know. There's always more to learn! Thank you so much for the content

[@grace.aquino]

Found your channel randomly and I'm so glad I did! We are in dire need of objective content like yours. Thank you!

[@LoganHunter-u6j]

Dude, you are fantastic! I'm sad to say that I am finally learning so much about events that are so important to the current reality. Also, love the complete disclosure of literature and clear use of context. I've already added several books to my library. Your ability to present in-depth information in a manner that seems to be a genuine strive for people to think for themselves is a gift (one that I'm sure you've worked insanely hard to cultivate). This type of content is so helpful! Thank you.

[@benbunyip]

Ryan Chapman is one of the very rare people on KZbin who has a stab at giving a fair representation of different political positions. Colossal effort putting that lot together. Well beyond me, but I benefit from.

[@Dude0000]

There are plenty who give it a stab, with varying degrees of success. This one is the best on that score for sure. I guess he's a Liberal due to the telltale personality traits, but wouldn't put money on it.

[@hybridh9702]

you will notice how only right wingers will see this as fair representation and everyone else will just see it as nonesense designed to be entertaining to a youtube crowd.

[@oliviasmith9550]

What personality traits are those? @@Dude0000

[@classonbread5757]

​@@hybridh9702You will notice that only the far left sees this as nonsense and everyone else including liberals see this for the truth that it is.

[@creatorbens]

It’s actually quite a good way to go about history because political leanings can greatly impact the way in which you view historical events.

[@ccarello1]

The thing I respect most about your videos is a degree of honesty that is almost unrecognizable in these strange times.

[@Yakobis]

Literally so full of shit

[@QuietmindYoga]

Phenomenal research. You clarified a lot on this time period and made it all easy to follow and understand. A lot of things I did not learn in history. Great work. Subscribed and looking forward to watching your other videos.

[@seanleith5312]

60's radicals were the start of today's craziness. At the same time, in 1966, China started Cultural Revolution.

[@dudeguy818]

@@seanleith5312yep

[@hmk5123]

Japan also had a New Left movement that was at it's peak during the 1960s to the 1970s. It was much more notorious than the American Left at the time, using methods of terrorism, which caused public distrust, and also eventually caused the movement to decline.

[@spacewater7]

Interesting I have to wonder what influence Mao might have been pushing into that, not to mention the USSR since they were active in the US and Asian countries around that time.

[@spacewater7]

Do tell us more, maybe make a video. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is interested.

[@LadyRavenhaire]

Sounds like US/NATO-backed Gladio. Gladio existed not just in Europe but also Asia such as Turkey.

[@Asfgxff]

The new left also used terrorism btw.

[@stevet6975]

@@spacewater7spectacles has made a video “japan in 60 was crazy” or something like that

[@chelsea_entropy]

So well done. I have been delving into this time period within the last few weeks. As well as the breakdown of how classical liberalism evolved into modern liberalism, keynesian and the rise of neoliberalism to make sense of what is happening today in both the economic and cultural spheres of our society. Can't wait to see more from you. Keep it up!

[@pavelm.gonzalez8608]

What's neoliberalism??? I'm telling you this because this is a common term used by most of the left (but especcially the marxists left) to reffer to: 1) Classic Liberalism (this includes obviously Locke, Hobes, Hume but more precissely Smith and Ricardo; which we can't forget were pretty influential to Marx, even the fact he hated free market); 2) both the Austrian and Chicago School Economics whose politics were implemented (till a certain point) on military dictatorships in Latin-America (which were clearly not Fascist regimes, even the fact were anticommunist and pretty autoritarian) by the USA and the UK goverment; 3) Moderns Liberals and Socialdemocrats (which many marxists-leninists and classic liberals, tend to hate because they've unfortunely absorb some of the identity politics); or 4) Maybe just simply Capitalism. The same question can be used for Cultural Marxism??? Which term is employed on this video by the owner of this channel who forgot to mention that it was a term used by Fascists (more especifacally by Nationalsocialists) and now is been used by modern populist conservatives... I'm not saying he's one of them but we need be more critique with ourselves and called the movements by its name and not the name we want to call it because that's kind of dishonest.

[@HappyCatholicDane]

@@pavelm.gonzalez8608 Terms get thrown around way to often yes. Neo-Liberalism only makes sense if it is the Austrian and Chicago schools of economic, and the policies they have helped create. The new wave of liberalization that happened from the 80’s and 90’s forward. Frankly I don’t hear the term being used as much anymore. Globalization and austerity being the new “words” used by the left.

[@davidyohalem629]

@@pavelm.gonzalez8608 The second Perón regime was certainly fascist in its philosophy. And the later Galtieri regime was fascist in practice. Indeed, the entire political make-up of the southern cone states was fascist, co-opting populism (Perón 1) and supporting military dictatorships (Brasil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay). The people of the region still struggle with the aftermath of Kissinger's realpolitik.

[@davidyohalem629]

@@HappyCatholicDane The main reason is that most people do not know enough to separate economic liberalism (let industry be self-regulating) from social liberalism. This is why the Liberal Party (business), the Venstre and Conservativ (farmers) in Denmark are among the most conservative/reactionary groups in the country, which is dominated by the centrist Social Democrats (& just to their right, the Radikaler) with only the Socialist People's Party (SF) and Enhedslisten representing the left. The Danske Folkeparti (& earlier the rather foolish anti-tax party, whose name I have forgotten) were both so extreme in their fear of outsiders that they discredit themselves with most Danes. mvh

[@HappyCatholicDane]

@@davidyohalem629 Venstre (left), is the liberal party in Denmark, as well as the traditional farmers party. They were opposed by Højre (right), which is now the Conservative party. Both are center right parties, and generally more business oriented than reactionary. Further to the right you have other parties, that are either reactionary or extremely liberal (think libertarian). At the center of Danish politics, you have Radikale Venstre (ironically mean radical left), which is a social liberal party that was traditionally associated with small farmers and academics. Also we have a new dedicated centrist party run by a former prime minister. There is also a Christian Democratic Party, but they are struggling to get in. Then you have the social democrats. Which are center left. Further on the left you have alternativet. Which is a weird party based on environmental policies and social justice issues. Also you have Socialistisk Folkeparty, and the more extreme Enhedslisten.

[@johnpayne6180]

Thanks Ryan I shall listen to again since I am sleepy and your presentation is honest and meaty. I appreciate all of work and videos. Johnny of Boston.

[@goodgrief888]

The Weathermen, aka the Weather Underground, didn’t kill anyone in their bombings (except 3 of their own group) but they did rob a Brink’s truck and killed two Brinks security guards. Two members of the Weather Underground, David Gilbert and Kathy Boudin, went to jail for over 20 years for that crime. They had a son together, who became the now recalled DA of San Francisco - Chesa Boudin.

[@michaelarmstrong5065]

And most were jews who are sitting on their hands during the genocide in the middle east.And dont forget slick willie pardoned suzzane rosenberg who was responsible for the brinks car murders.Im sure she is enjoying her life on the uws of manhatten woith her comrades

[@andrewa9694]

Children should not suffer for the sins of the father.

[@goodgrief888]

@@andrewa9694 what about their own sins?

[@andrewa9694]

@@goodgrief888 yes of course

[@thegunslinger8806]

​@@goodgrief888with parents like that? Who the hell needs enemies? Jesus christ! No wonder SF is fucked, I mean that's worse than when I looked back at how much influence Jim Jones had over the left and how Harvey Milk and all the other old democrat heads started off being assistants and coffee gofers for these people.

[@m.c.martin]

To answer your question why this isn’t taught correctly? It is, just not in High school, and involves deeper political science and/or law studies in college to find. Despite that, I still really enjoyed your video! Very informative!

[@Birdup1776]

imo, it's at least partially because of how dominated by conservatives school boards are. We avoid teaching about Marx and Marxism at all costs, like he's fucking Voldemort. Conservatives are so extreme in their hatred of Marxism that they can't be bothered to even attempt an honest critique.

[@abraham_myshkin]

I was thinking the same, getting a high school student to distinguish between Socialism and Communism is challenge enough.

[@Individual_Lives_Matter]

They completely ignore the horrors of communism in high-school.

[@dirtydirtyshisno7284]

@@Individual_Lives_Matter All they teach us is communism bad, none of the actual beliefs or ways their governments are organized, last thing we need is more garbage red scare propaganda

[@stevedouglas5443]

I have a sociology degree, but I'm hearing some of the issues, and ideas for the first time from your channel. I know how difficult this kind of research can be, so I appreciate your lectures very much. Keep them coming!

[@rodmcdaniel8644]

I was born in 1954 and graduated from UC Berkeley in 1979. As a precocious young man, I watched it all. It wasn't the loudest voices that dominated, nor any one idea that was spoken. Two things led: 1. people addictively enthralled by their own personal ability to interconnect and verbalize ideas--and thus keep themselves feeling powerful. 2. emotion expressed as powerful judgmentalism; which turned groups into aggressive mobs (even a group as small as 2 people). I saw people standing side by side, of equal intelligence, choosing different paths: the critical thinking development of an organized science degree OR the mind-stalling act of attaching oneself like leeches to specific ideas. Even still, instead of judging the past I observe the outcomes. Medical & technological advancements are obvious, but when the military hawks tried to convince President Johnson to use 'limited nuclear warfare' in Vietnam, he said that the hippy-peace counterculture may be right, so he didn't start a nuclear war. However it may come about, let's hope today's generations can stop mankind from further exasperating the climate change dilemma.

[@bryantrammell1831]

Mr. Chapman, this is the most interesting channel I have found in a very long time. Thanks.

[@josephtomaselli9181]

One of the best pieces of content I’ve listened to lately.

[@teletubbiesonplaystation8935]

I really like the book screenshots

[@davidlloyd-jones8519]

Yah - but wish he would read what was written..!!!

[@bigpapaT65]

Another great job, Ryan. You are gifted to be able to sift through the literature and synthesize it into digestible bites.

[@jfs78]

As a person who lived through those days it is refreshing to hear a clear and concise explanation of many of the events going on in the 1960s. It is, as you know an impossible task to understand or explain all that was going on at the time. I think you have done a fantastic job of getting to the core of much of it. People today, have little understanding of how strong an influence this was. Remember of course, this is long before the internet. Had the internet existed at the time, this story and history would probably be a very different one. Thank you again for your excellent presentation.

[@justint4420]

I’m so grateful for this channel. Seriously. So happy I’ve found it

[@MonkehMike]

I love your channel! I will definitely donate when I can :) Your approach is one of most unpartisan and educational I’ve come across. I’ve learned many things about different movements and ideologies, and also find myself going back to older videos to watch them again. Thank you for making such interesting and thought provoking content!

[@Marylandbrony]

This was actually great Ryan. I actually have a fairly basic hypothesis for why this isn’t as heavily covered in school is that when American history is covered in High school over a single year that the class typically ends around the 1960s anyways and school administrators and such probably only want to cover the more positive aspects like the civil rights movement, feminism and maybe some stuff about the Vietnam war or watergate. Not to mention parents who grew up from the 60s probably are still a little traumatized from this era. But that’s probably fading away as anyone alive then are probably becoming grandparents. Personally when I was in High school we got stuck for a month on labor movements around the turn of the century for the big annual project and in College which was half a semester we did the 60s but not in depth and more focused on things like local rioting and general civil unrest.

[@katarinabock2021]

@@RobespierreThePoofwhenever anyone has to “prioritize” or ”edit,” usually due to time or space constraints, the question is, WHAT do you prioritize and what do you decide is less important? I’m not disagreeing with what you said. I am saying that different perspectives at different times, and different individuals doing the prioritizing, will choose to leave different things on the “editing floor.” What qualifies as basic historical education will be based on a number of factors, including your sociopolitical position and philosophy, and who you think qualifies as “us” and who as “them.” Two questions: What year did you take AP American History? And did you learn about “black Wall Street” and its literal destruction?

[@patchandy]

You’re my new favorite channel. Binging all of your videos…. This is so much better than Netflix.

[@walkingcontradiction223]

"History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes." - Mark Twain

[@brunoactis1104]

That has nothing to do with this. This is a case of ideas coming back and evolving. Without what happened in the 60s, we wouldn't be where we are now. History often doesn't repeat or rhyme in the matter of intellectualism, it's usually a case of ideas being based on other ideas.

[@walkingcontradiction223]

​@@brunoactis1104"It's usually a case of ideas being based on other ideas." The end of segregation was a good thing, now the Left is pushing back towards it for some reason trying to atomize the individual.

[@psanand1]

Ur right

[@Traderbear]

Your video is 💯 exactly analysis you provided. We need to get your views out to as many people as possible. Amazing work

[@benjaminwyatt3778]

Damn man, that was way too well researched, level headed, and reasonable for the internet. 🎩 off my friend. New subscriber 🤙

[@erichaynes4049]

I’m subbed Ryan. You are doing a thing that needs to be done, and doing it in probably the best way I have seen on this platform. Thank you!

[@michaelwilliams-owolabi8365]

perfect video to watch with the university protests

[@thescaleofnature5775]

I love your videos, particularly these deep dives. You’re extremely articulate and crystal clear in your your explanations. Please keep doing these!

[@Sebastian-lw1ei]

Thank you! So important to understand what’s happening behind the scenes of today’s protests movements.

[@joycewalker8604]

Thank you for this huge effort. I’m 68 yrs old. And always confused about this. Would love to hear you critique how it’s led to the left situation today

[@jamestierney3572]

Ryan, I was motivated to comment by your last defense of your work from critics that talk about the New Left differently. I was there, I was a member of SDS, briefly. I was mostly a "draft counselor" helping kids know their risks and options, including emigrating to Canada. We trained on "resistance" which was opening refusing induction. I left the movement in 1969 but followed, and agreed, with most of it. Many friends worshiped Marcuse and we all saw ourselves as socialists. I agree with you that most SDS members and sympathizers really were reformists, not revolutionaries. Even when we talked about revolution, it was often a metaphor for great change achieved through reforms. For example, MLK was everyone's hero, not Carmichael or Rap Brown. The Black Panthers has a thuggish overtone form the beginning. Anyway, I have gone on too long. I just wanted you to know that I was awake, read the newspaper every day and was paying attention and I think you got it just right.

[@url00]

Another fantastic piece. Always appreciate how careful you are to lampshade any potential issues (like you did pointing out the possible "cherry-picking" not once but twice). I found this video because I'm a patreon supporter (actually I made an account just to support these vids :) ), though it makes me very sad to see that KZbin is soft-censoring your work. Keep at it! We need more videos like this one in the world today!

[@caleblear3671]

This video is an academic triumph. I have never heard this level of clarity brought to the formation of our modern political landscape. I feel more at peace now that I understand the underpinnings of these ideas.

[@chamboyette853]

What is sad is that this kind of quality would have been relatively common 30 years ago when academia was much more objective and less agenda driven.

[@spikedaniels1528]

It’s difficult for the young to do engaging history. I think there were a few instances of cherry-picking: and I’m also appreciative of Ryan’s efforts to modulate, self-correct, and take intellectual risks. Historical context could receive greater emphasis, albeit at the expense of the bigger bang… quite the balancing act. I’ll continue to watch, support, and share.

[@Theworstchannelposting]

I like how you delivered this video. Lil more pep in your voice and not so much grim. I love your stuff just started watching yesterday!! Amazing info. Goat channel

[@abraham_myshkin]

Great video, as always. It's a damn shame it was so early on in your catalogue.. it should have millions of views.

[@maxoblivion]

I was child during the 60s and what I know of that time is what I remember from watching the nightly news each day on a black and white TV. This video was an interesting overview that evoked many memories but with information and perspective. Thanks.

[@davidarmstrong3481]

After watching this I'm all caught up on your full body of work, looks like I left the best till last, hope to see more deep dives in future. Well done my dude, Patreon in-bound.

[@Because_Reasons]

These are stellar, some of the best executed and well researched content in the right chunks. Keep going. This will grow.

[@lorirodgers9474]

So good I had to listen to it twice. Thank you for the unbiased clarification- I am enjoying all of your podcasts

[@matildamarmaduke1096]

U watched twice I downloaded it to my sd card and only use a device that I never use on line its never been online.its a Virgin ans going to stay that way degoogle your children's phones and check out to make sure that they haven't had it googled. SAVE THE CHILDREN.

[@brandonabiggs]

I recommend your videos ALL THE TIME .... fact is, there's just not enough of this type of unbiased political educational content. Thank you, Ryan. It is a true service to simply speak the truth. Non biased Education about the roots of the modern cultural ideological clusterfk we all have to navigate is worth more than gold in the information age.

[@amazingspiderfatty7375]

As a man who loves history, I can safely say that subscribing to this channel is worth it. By the way, since you do a lot of reading on history and politics with a focus on America, have you read the Oxford Edition History of the United States of America, and if you have, what did you think of each entry from "The Glorious Cause" to "From Colony to Super Power: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776"?

[@daveyboy6985]

The thing I like about your videos Ryan, is that it teaches us to always look back at history, for examples of a movement's origins

[@Machobravo]

Contrary to your statement near the end of this excellent presentation, Indeed the Weather Underground did, in 1970, set off an explosion in a Greenwich Village townhouse which killed 3 of its own members. This led to Mark Rudd going underground himself to escape arrest.

[@markthern]

What is somehow overlooked is that the New Left was not a benign movement, the weather underground is case in point. They KILLED people.

[@isabelgellibrandi7496]

This was an accident which happened while they were building the bomb.

[@wickjezek1101]

It was their own building and harmed on their group. They were building bombs in the basement.

[@mrusso252]

Philip Roth's American Pastoral draws on this event.

[@doof6416]

hiii im a historian of the new left and this video is very useful masterclass on how explain my research to non-academic peeps- thank you!

[@WeRNthisToGetHer]

This is so informative and makes many things right now make sense. Thanks for this!❤

[@brotherted9212]

I appreciate your unbiased account, and especially your focus on how dishonest players sometimes tried to weaponize legitimate discontent and emotional messaging to cynically gain power for themselves, unrelated to their stated goals. It was America losing its innocence. I dream we can get it back, in the sense of honest brokerage.

[@DavidParket-g1h]

I might agree with you but considering history of the genocide of native Americans, couldn't this innocence be false and destructive. Then again I am very against cynicism these days. And the lack of optimism and empathy dangerous.

[@clarkewi]

I graduated high school 1969. The Viet Nam War was raging, there was a draft and every 18 year old male had to register at their high school or be charged with a federal felony. Civil rights were being struggled for. Massive change was going on in every sphere. It was a different era and the New Left offered solutions that the two American political parties could not offer. Under those conditions it was only normal and healthy for idealistic young people too seek new political movements.

[@kevinharding3281]

Are you going to do an Episode on the evolution of conservatism? Maybe the rise of evangelicalism in the party? I think that would be facinating.

[@allseeingry2487]

He seems objective so probably will.

[@realryanchapman]

Hey Kevin, I actually planned on doing that right after the 'evolution of liberalism' video, but the response to the liberalism video was lukewarm and the research process was long and tiring, so I put it on the back burner. I plan on circling back to it (and finishing with a progressivism video), but can't promise anything.

[@ashlieperez3755]

I would really like to see that video. I grew up evangelical and in the military (army brat), so politics and religion always went hand in hand. As an adult, I don’t associate myself with evangelicalism and I claim no political affiliation, so being removed from that frame of reference makes me really curious about that specific development.

[@QuietmindYoga]

@@realryanchapman Thank you for your research. After watching this i was very curious to learn about the evolution of conversatism because of much the lines have been blurred in recent years and people who previously identified as liberals now are considered or consider themselves conservative for not having adopted postmodern philosophies

[@bzolsen]

@@realryanchapman I thought your video on American Liberalism was quite good, except that you're allowing what Americans call "conservatives" to refer to themselves as "classical liberals", which they do, it seems to me, to intentionally muddy the waters (because they want to obscure their support of neoliberalism, a topic I've studied extensively). In the US liberals = Democrats, Republicans = conservative. They don't tie back to European concepts in any meaningful way. It confused me greatly when I first started to study this.

[@samdiamond3402]

You did an articulate job of delineating a very difficult era in history. Thank you for your objective reporting connecting sixties dots to 2010's-20's landscape.

[@geoffas]

I think you did a good analysis. I particularly thought that your 'final thoughts' was instructive, honest and even-handed. Thank you for sharing.

[@jamesreynolds6195]

I've always been fascinated by the 60's and its activism but I've never seen this side of it. Great work. Thank you!

[@JustinVan1986]

Well done. Would love to hear you and James Lyndsay discuss this topic.

[@gg_rider]

I'm sharing this with James Lindsay on Twitter. He probably won't catch it, is Twitter feed is too big.

[@lloydgush]

It would be interesting. Lyndsay probably would be ok with it.

[@aksks762]

this video should have millions of views and should be part of every young (or any age) person's awareness of what's happening to the West.

[@remoevans7847]

Wouldn’t help at this point. If it doesn’t align with their indoctrinated world view they will simply dismiss these facts!

[@jamescutler428]

I just noticed that in between the two paragraphs you quoted about the occasion where a feminist house representative’s microphone was taken away, it explained that Miss Miller, the next speaker, had negative experiences with men in the Black Panther movement treating women as oppressively as the society they were critiquing had done. I think this goes a long way towards explaining why she would have such a negative opinion of men. Of course it sounds absurd to us today to hear someone say they’re categorically not going to work with men anymore, but when you look at what she had to deal with in the political movements of her time, it makes a lot more sense why she would say that. If a woman today said the same thing, but her experience was largely with men who already support gender equality, then that would sound as extreme as your video made Miller’s view sound. That said, this video was extremely enlightening for me. Thank you.

[@thevulgarhegelian4676]

All of your analysis on many topics is rich in nuance, thank you for and keep up the good work. Your ability to strongman both sides of the argument are stunning and needed in this day and age

[@DisposableHero2012]

Just stumbled upon this channel after watching Yuri Benznemov's interviews from the 80s. Absolutely love your work. Question though, where does the new left fit in with the KGBs 'Active Measures' from around the same time?

[@isabelgellibrandi7496]

The kgb didn't have allot of direct involvement with the american new left as the NL was more of a maoist movement, with a number of them spending time in china. However, cuba did have some influence and took in some of the actors who tended to arrive there on a hijacked plane. The russians did have allot of involvement in cuba, but had more influence with the european groups like Baader Meinhof, ETA etc, though even then they usually used east germany, checkoslovakia or other european communist countries as proxies. The russians and cubans also tended to directly involve themselves with less developed and even what would be considered 3rd world countries. Lamumba university in the USSR was basically a training and recruitment operation for foreign activists, Carlos the Jackal being one of the better known ones.

[@tigran56]

Good stuff. I have been struggling through the “student” takeover of politics. Tom Hayden who was before my time but seemed a sort of hazy hero of my early teens, wrote: “my intellectual hero is C. Wright Mills, a Marxist who broke with what he condemned as the stale “labor metaphysic” of the communist and socialist parties, embracing instead an international New Left led by middle class students around the world. Mills was fresh, honest and always searching.” You reference Mills early I think. I listened over two days. It makes me laugh because I cannot imagine a more corruptible or stale metaphysic than a movement prioritizing and elitizing an already elitist bunch of the understandably confused early mid twenties mostly white make students. That Western Culture has decided that education is a grail, a universal one, and not an indoctrination allowing some of the chaps in your clips to imagine their rhetoric reveals mostly egotism is, well, a cross we must bear I suppose. I hear and read the same stuff all over social media. Hot times. But stale labor metaphysic is a scary announcement of elitism that probably has souled whatever might have been good and genuine about those years in those movements. It is as inattentive as religion, and a culture we can never shake. The Hayden article is in the Nation, “I Used to Support Bernie but then I changed my mind.”

[@jerrywood4508]

I had misgivings when I started watching this. This was my first exposure to your work, and I was steeling myself to not get upset at what I feared would be a romanticized version of that time. I quickly realized that you were not doing that, and I thank you for it. I was born in 1953, and was a avid follower of events in the news during the 1960s. In the late 1970s a member of the Progressive Labor Party, which had absorbed one of the SDS factions, tried to recruit me. I was curious about how anyone could believe that this little faction would be able to pull off a revolution. I still have a copy of Revolution Today: USA which she gave me. I recall she was very dismissive of feminism and gay liberation. When she tried to close the sale, I told her I just couldn't make the 'leap of faith' required to believe that a popular revolution would bring communism to the United States. My use of a religious term really, really pissed her off.

[@TheUnhousedWanderer]

Ive been recommending this video and others by you to the multitudes of "left the Left" podcasters. Many of them make a lot of sense, but I feel like your channel has something for everyone to learn.

[@4whirledpeas]

This is not a criticism ... but one thing that might be difficult to capture ... is how tumultuous the era was in general. Corruption and injustice permeated a lot of society and there were SO MANY CHANGES happening at once ... that everyone, in every walk of life, felt dizzy from it all (well, except for the people poised to profit and gain power). In 1910, there were only 10 miles of paved roads in America. On 7% of Americans had enough education to graduate from high school. Everyone grew their own food, etc. Most homes didn't have running water or electricity until the 1920s-50s. An ice truck would deliver a big block of ice to keep your food cold. Then, after WWII, seemingly overnight, we invent the suburbs, television (and frozen TV dinners and pre-made cereal), the nuclear family, and teen culture (sock hops, cars, records, fast food). We were being sold every kind of gadget and gizmo (consumerism was rampant and we were buying American Culture - even though it didn't exist a decade earlier). But there were also murmurings of things like Operation Ajax - where the CIA ousted democratically elected leaders in foreign lands and replaced them with someone who would allow our companies to exploit the resources, profits, and people of their countries - such as when the CIA led a coup against Jacob Arbenz in Guatemala giving United Fruit Company the ability to grow bananas, or, when they installed the Shah of Iran so we could have access to oil. Nuclear power was sold as "too cheap to meter" (which was only true if you overlooked the need for safety standards and disposal of waste materials that would be radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years). Once you added the draft - where you could plucked out of your life and be sent TO KILL PEOPLE, Emmett Till, buses set on fire ... it all got to be a bit much. But EVEN THEN, for all the chaos, and even though the New Left existed on the spectrum, most people were simply not interested and they didn't have that much influence. In a world with so many new ideas and things happening - it wasn't completely surprising that there would be some people who would take things too far. No one knew what was needed or what would work. Time and time again, the New Left fell apart because their ideas didn't work, or they were rejected by the people who were working towards real reform within the framework of our Constitution and with a commitment to "liberty and justice for all."

[@Exjewatlarge]

You mean reinstalled the Shah? He never went away, just ceded power temporarily to the legislature.

[@IbnRushd-mv3fp]

Yeah nothing about that is unique my guy, still doesn't excuse making the world a globalized neo liberal shithole see a result...

[@mariaguzman1552]

I was 17 years old in 1968. I was in high school. I lived in the San Fernando Valley, in California. I remember students protesting the Vietnam war. I was dating at the time and my boyfriend was drafted. When I entered the 12th grade, students from Northridge University were protesting. I did not understand exactly what they were protesting about at the time, but then I remembered it was noon and these outsiders came on campus and were screaming down the halls. The administration came over the intercom and told us to lock our doors. My teacher was 5 months pregnant. She was terrified, and so was everyone in the class room. That experience left me with such a disgusting feeling towards protesting was all about. To this day I hate students who protests. Students have been indoctrinated ever since. After High School I took a trade and went to work. Some of my friends went to the University. I married my sweet heart at age 20. This was in the Carter years. Gas shortage and a lot of chaos. I went to community College when I was 26 years old. I took 2 classes per semester. It took me about about 8 years to get my associates degree in child development. I was able to see how the school culture was being influenced by liberal professors. A few of my friends who went to University became very aware of racism. They developed a oppressed attitude. I was working in the Real WORLD, so I didn’t experience racism. Fast Forward today I told my niece to go to CSUN. She took a Woman’s Study Course in her first year and preceded to tell me she was oppressed as a woman. The indoctrination had begun. I explained to her it was 2020 and that she was not oppressed. I am so sick of oppressed and oppressor. It is so easy to Brain Wash a nineteen year old. Even early 20’s

[@generalsub7]

Loved your comment ❤

[@StrawberryCocoaPowder]

Protesting issues isn't inherently bad, and also how is knowing that racism and sexism exists “indoctrination”

[@Steve-xm2ie]

God bless you ma'am. The educational system in this country has been hijacked since the 1960s. I like how you said people that weren't supposed to be on campus were coming onto campus that didn't belong there. Same thing happening again right now all across the country. You asked these young inexperienced in life people why exactly they are protesting, and can't give you a good solid reason. Like you, I'm sick of the oppressed and oppressor garbage! Again thank you and God bless you!

[@joanr3189]

Appreciate your providing your personal background to,your present-day experience.

[@joanr3189]

@@StrawberryCocoaPowderyou pressed the exit button too soon.

[@skyler4517]

Its good to recognize people as individuals, and its especially important to do so when interacting with some particular individual. But we can't just pretend that groups don't exist. Peoples affiliation - say, with a political party or a gender or a profession - have an impact on their decision making process. These affiliations might be important for different reasons - say, personal values or material conditions or social constructs - but any framework that is willfully blind to the existence of groups does not contain a complete description of the world and is insufficient to tackle the challenges of our day.

[@isaacbenjamin8462]

I only encounter these topics amongst self guided intellectual circles - that you present them on youtube as pseudo-documentary is something new to me. Thanks

[@ghougland]

This is a tremendous effort to give a broad report on a complex issue with great attention to detail and copious facts. Your standard is distinctively excellent.

[@davidkuder4356]

Altogether a great summary and analysis. I attended a small, radical college in Ohio from 1962-67, then lived in that college town for the following twelve years and saw all this stuff brewing up & unfolding. From July, 1962 when I enteted, "Fair Play for Cuba," the Student Peace Union and SDS were all active on campus, recruiting and organizing. Five busloads of students and townsfolk went to Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963 to join the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," where at the Lincoln Memorial, Martin gave his "I have a Dream" speech. Our group was seated close-up, at the foot of the montment--which I only recently realized was because Coretta was an alum of our college. Could go on and on with stories, but you nailed all the nuances of the doctrinal disputes and other details of the period quite well. Wish you'd had time to treat the Yippies, who played a big role in the Chicago 1968 events which started major Marxist penetration of the Democratic Party. Sixty years later, these activists' grandkids are still carrying the torch into the streets. Hoping the CultMarxie worms will be rooted out & join their progenitors' ashes on that great Heap of History...

[@lotusday7551]

The new left also developed ideas from the young Marx that were more philosophical and humanist. The Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts were translated from the German in the 60s and had a big impact on new left ideology. I was a student at UCLA in the late sixties and the sociology depts were very radical and influenced the young Marx's writings.

[@BeachandHills-hb2pq]

I studyed socology in the UK in the 1980s and Marx was one of the view points you had to learn amongst others. I was also doing some psychology. My teacher asked if i knew why some sociology students would become Marx fanatics after the lessions. Could not explain then but could now.

[@DJWESG1]

​@BeachandHills-hb2pq I think by the time Einstein comes along everyone understands marx thst much better, and thus his work becomes that much more dangerous for it's truths, it becomes the devil by proxy.

[@BeachandHills-hb2pq]

@@DJWESG1 I would say Marx spent his life trying to creat revolutions in countrys around Euroup. He became a good sociologist trying to understand why he failed. He is half correct. If you follow his ideas you will get the rivers of blood he talked about, He used the French revolution and the terror as some thing to copy. He is a Devil he taught you should create terror in the poulation to push your revolution forward. THe proletariat can see what Marxists do and the methods they use. The words of revolution do not work on them. The reason the Europians reject Marxism for 150 years.

[@donjindra]

Bell's End of Ideology is a very good book, even when wrongheaded. He was a forerunner of neocons. The basic idea was revisited in Fukuyama's End of History and the Last Man, although he was lamenting the end of that history. Most people don't see that. Btw, those of us who grew up in the 60s have not forgotten the New Left. I always say, the 60s inoculated me from being on the left while the 90s cured me from being on the right.

[@leroyrodgers6089]

Fascinating.

[@uku4171]

How would you describe your beliefs now?

[@donjindra]

@@uku4171 I'm a moderate. I pretty much despise all ideology and fanatical followers of ideology, whether left or right. I can't identify with either Republicans or Democrats.

[@Hates-handle]

@@donjindra your a fence sitter that stands for nothing

[@davidyohalem629]

Almost anything that Bell writes can be considered wrongheaded.

[@JanetDaley-solo]

Thank you thank you thank you! I was a well-educated 'revolutionary' for Good (!) who acquired an anoxic brain injury--'death', 6 month coma etc etc --and I dearly needed a thorough 'refresher course'--I am so happy I don't have to re-do my research & ample reading. Mercy buckets

[@tommyaaquist4138]

Incredible videos you are making. So awesome that you show the quotes of the thought leaders of the different movements, it makes the credibility of your analyses much stronger than many other channels.

[@Bropann]

I am a "boomer" who was a CO back in the '60 and was VERY peripherally involved in some of this stuff. (And when I say very peripherally I mean it.) However, I was awake to much of what you are talking about but was not very good at the comprehensive clarity that you bring to the subject. Awesome. Awesome. You have approached it as a true historian without taking sides but rather striving for clarity in a period not particularly known for its' clarity. Kudos on a job very well done.

[@NotThat3]

Hey, I enjoy your videos. One recommendation as I see you constantly reading from the left side of the screen is to use a teleprompter. They can be had cheaply and will make the experience more natural for both you and the viewers.

[@realryanchapman]

Hi, I'm actually not reading anything when I look to the side of the screen. It's just the direction I look when I'm thinking. You're not the first person to think that so I'm going to try to work on it.

[@QuietmindYoga]

@@realryanchapman i thought you were reading too. Phenomenal content as always.

[@misstuxbrandi]

It's confusing to me that all my elders call young people radicals yet they were living in a huge radicalized movement.

[@fenzelian]

Remember that all the people represented here were a very small minority of all the kids their age. Even the total membership of the Students for a Democratic Society at its peak were less than the number of people who attend Coachella now in a single day. And the kids who didn't do this stuff, either because they didn't go to college or because they did not approve of it, often _hate_ these people. These were their peers that they didn't get along with. My dad straight up calls anybody involved with any of these movements "evil" - and I don't think his opinion of that has changed since the 1960s. It's probably not a coincidence that these radical student movements were focused on people who went to college and the modern conservative reactionary backlash is focused on the peers of those people who didn't go to college.

[@ace6285]

Radical Son by David Horowitz is a great read and a dive into the issues this video addresses, including the author’s brush with the Black Panthers etc.

[@katieb4314]

These videos are so great and calming. I watch them before bed to unwind.

[@roracle]

Thank you for these videos. You recently showed up in my feed and I like your non biased approach to these leftist movements. I've always been in the "gay camp" but I've never identified with anything the radicals talked about. I agreed with some things, but the things i agreed with were common sense middle ground stuff. It was the violence, jealousy, etc that always kept me from wanting to go down that path. I love my family and my life, and i love my friends and neighbors. These days, revolution is something we do for ourselves, not for ideologically driven movements. Finding contentment is preferable to being angry at "society" all the time. You just gotta be the best you are. Society wants to see you for what you're capable of, and if all i was capable of was whining and complaining, i might be more left leaning than I am today. It would be interesting to discuss ideas in a fashion where people aren't yelling at or laughing at the other person. Laughing with is fine, just not laughing at. Have you ever done debates or discussions, round table talks etc with people regarding these ideologies?

[@next_door_rigil3270]

​@@thebeezkneez7559I hold conservative values. To improve one's life, individual responsibility is the most useful ideal. People should look to accept themselves and not look to change others. However, in politics and social issues, I am on the other extreme. Look to improve others lives, do whatever you want as long as it is not clearly harmful. Clearly harmful implying research on the harm for very complicated or subjective subjects.

[@next_door_rigil3270]

Just as a reminder. Common sense is also common because there have already been agreed upon reasons. In discussions, never use common sense as a justification for your opinions. Common sense means nothing other than you agree with the popular opinion. I am not saying you use it but with that middle ground common sense stance you said, I wanted to remind you that common sense is not always right. Like common sense used to be that gays are crazy.

[@liabobia]

The original logo of SNCC, with the black and white holding hands, is so poignant compared to where that movement went, and the persistent iconography of the raised fist. I wonder if any anti-division movements use it currently.

[@hotwax9376]

And to paraphrase President Obama, it shows that people will extend their hand only if you unclench your fist. But the radical left wants to keep their fists clenched. The original civil rights activists were centered on liberal ideals. If you read "I Have a Dream," for example, you'll see that Dr. King made appeals to the American Revolution and the Founding Fathers and said that the civil rights movement was seeking to affirm those ideals (and they were). What happened is that after they won the day, the radicals who had been disillusioned with the civil rights movement began to gain steam and push the ideas that we now see on display in the 1619 Project: that the Revolution and the Founders were a sham and that America has always been a fundamentally racist and oppressive country. They openly advocate for racial segregation instead of against it. This is not a continuation of the civil rights movement, but a flat-out rejection of it.

[@joshe4836]

@@hotwax9376 Well stated. And this is why we must fight like hell to stop the leftists from tearing our country apart.

[@dionysusnow]

@@joshe4836 Sounds like you are just as bad as those you want to fight like hell to stop.

[@eugenjude6945]

He said "I'm guessing for most of you that this portrayal of 60s radicals is different than what you've heard before" is that true? I'm a Christian conservative and I've grown up hearing about this stuff my whole life. The "right" talk about this stuff Non-Stop. Keep up the great work, I'm binge-watching all your stuff.

[@cr3070]

I've watched many of your videos and I have no clue what your political/personal beliefs are. A sign of a true educator. Well done!

[@markharder3676]

Thank you for this, an thought provoking look at the '60s New Left. It did omit mention of one significant aspect of '60s leftism, namely the anti-materialist, pro-environmental elements. The 2 are joined in the critique of the malignant cultural consequences of consumerism, as alluded to by your quote from Marcuse. The 'old' left, which spanned the entire spectrum from liberalism to revolutionary Marxism, was primarily concerned with economic oppression and the 19th C. obsession with worker rights and labor organizing. While not opposed to efforts to increase the economic and political power of the working classes, the New Left paid a lot more attention to cultural issues and how mass psychology was manipulated by elites. It's environmentalist wing asked how material and economic advance is true progress when it necessitates an alienated relationship between humanity and nature.

[@KalonOrdona2]

Very informative and digestible. I was shocked recently when I saw some old 60's speeches that sounded as if they came from today, full of the exact same unhinged Marxist language. So I especially appreciated your pointing out that a large part of the big movements tried (unsuccessfully, it would seem) to distance themselves from the extreme radicals.

[@africkinamerican]

Yep, the same communist rhetoric and provocation tactics are in use today. They also started targeting the black community, and exploiting/ provoking racial conflict, a century ago.

[@edwinrelf8454]

Thank you again for your research. I lived through this period and as a student in the next decade (1969-1978) in Australia. Lots of fragments of news from out there were coming in and, apart from Vietnam, we had our own issues - one quite directly with possible interference from the US in our political system - or not. Your talk tiied a lot of then into a coherent stream.

[@jeffdwyer6105]

Ive been watching your videos lately and find them to be enlightening and right in line with what I experienced growing up since the 60's. Born in 55 , family of 5 (from 1944 ) Catholic and public schools , New Haven CT , home of Yale U , Black Panther Party , Communist party , I could say I grew up in the thick of it all . I witnessed history good and bad and had my share of indoctrination in High school . Thank God I went to a technical college because my younger Brother got caught up in that Leftist propaganda . You (like Jordan Peterson) have a way with words making sense of what we all are experiencing . Keep up the good work .

[@catofthecastle1681]

You are a fool!

[@hannahs765]

i can tell you put a lot of work into this and really appreciate it!

[@jamesbucks7967]

This channel is a gem. Glad to be here before 100k. Keep up the great work

[@casualphilosophy2419]

Great video! I've always appreciated your nuanced deep dives and effort to represent the strongest version of everyone's argument. To offer one perspective on your closing questions, I think a reason the airbrushing of the discussed history, and indeed leftist efforts more broadly is a combination of the fact that our culture has not yet integrated the shadow of Nazism, and that the vast majority of those doing the presentation of our history have at least slight sympathies for those in the New Left. For the first point, while there have been definite shifts in the overarching "villains" in media over the 80+ years since WWII, Nazis seem to be the most enduring archetypical default. While I view him as a Marx-like figure in the sense that he has valid critiques, interesting perspectives, and terrifyingly horrible proposed solutions, Curtis Yarvin/Moldbug's recent Gray Mirror post titled "Killing the Ghosts" discusses this briefly. Why, after so long, is Hitler still so enduringly relevant? I believe that a part of the reason why is that similarly to how individual villains in stories and myths often represent the piece of the hero's shadow they need to integrate in order to become stronger and more capable, Nazism reflects back the truth that we humans are deeply tribal and need aspirational idols to strive for. Adam Curtis's recent documentary Can't Get You Out of My Head (free on KZbin) also discusses this, and how secular liberalism often times acts less as a mitigating force and more like a fallow field, posed to jumpstart whichever extremist swing gets enough momentum. For the second, in the same way that Catholic priests likely do not focus on the inadequacies of the church, politicians do not discuss the limitations and inefficiencies of democracy, and four star generals do not argue for the military to adopt a flat, egalitarian structure, it is unsurprising that our teachers (some previous leaders of the Weather Underground, see Bill Ayers) are likely to assume just a little bit on the bright side of the topics they discuss and give the benefit of the doubt to the people they see as having their hearts in the right place, even if they "went a bit too far". To flip the script, imagine if, say George Lincoln Rockwell (founder of the American Nazi Party) had backed off a bit from his professed beliefs, joined a university, and taught a crop of bright young undergrads. Do you think our national perspective on everything would be the same?