Ramparts

Editor: Edward M. Keating (1962–1965); Warren Hinckle (mid-1960-75)

Publisher: Ramparts Magazine, Inc.

Catholic literary rag turned political lightening rod, Ramparts (1962-1975) was one of the most influential publications of the New Left era. Published from the Bay Area and known for its aggressive investigative journalism, Ramparts broke major stories exposing CIA covert operations, criticized the Vietnam War, and championed revolutionary movements worldwide.

Issues

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  Vol. 10 No. 2 August 1971

  Format: Print

  Language: English

  August 1971 ushered in a particularly heavy time of disillusionment for the American New Left. A pertinent overall theme for this issue is co-optation. James Nolan's "Jesus now: Hogwash and Holy Water," worries over youthful energy around revolutionary action as the Jesus movement takes the reins--"Grooving on the Blood of the Lamb", as the cover states and shimmying to the right, says I. Fred Halliday's "Egypt Moves West" also circles co-optation, as he examines Egypt's pivot towards accommodating the will of United States over the will of its own people.

  sol stern john gittings james bolan sandy padwe fred halliday art goldberg electoral politics democratic party edmund muskie cultural revolution china maoism jesus movement youth culture urban politics police power frank rizzo jewish identity new left politics zionism us-egypt relations israeli-palestinian conflict post-nasser egypt bobby seale ericka huggins black panther party communes rainbow farm alternative living essay investigative reporting
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  Vol. 10 No. 1 July 1971

  Format: Print

  Language: English

  Ramparts May 1971 issue focuses on the May Day antiwar protests of that year. in "May Day: Anatomy of the Movement," Lerner provides an insider look at both the protest's failures and the ideological splits in the New Left Movement. On the anti-war front, this issue highlights veteran activists organizing against the vietnam war in Art Goldberg's article "Vietnam Vets: The Anti-War Army."

  art goldberg michael p. lerner tamara deutscher maxwell boas charles fulwood robin blackburn tariq ali vietnam war richard nixon j. edgar hoover fbi history red scare anti-war movement gi resistance may day 1971 socialist workers party southern resistance black nationalism racial violence john lennon class consciousness the beatles essay interview investigative reporting
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  Vol 9. No. 11 June 1971

  Format: Print

  Language: English

  This issues investigative pieces expose institutional failures across multiple domains: from Kitsi Burkhart's article "Women in Prison," documenting the brutal conditions in women's prisons (and the very gender-specific abuses they suffered) to Daniel Zwerdling's article on food pollution, exposing the industry's preference for profits over public health--shocking.

  tariq ali kitsi burkhart daniel zwerdling barry schwartz susanne bodenheimer derek shearer guatemala food preservation public health military-industrial complex pakistan civil war military repression bengali independence women in prison prison conditions gender and criminal justice prison reform food additives consumer protection food safety cultural institutions museums and appropriation institutional racism military dictatorship political repression US imperialism defense spending military budget essay investigative reporting
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  Vol 8 No 10 April 1970

  Format: Print

  Language: English

  Ramparts was often at the edge of political journalism. "Inquisition Greek Style," by James Becket exposes the Greek junta for using systematic torture as an anti-communism bulwark, lovingly backed by the US. If that's not your speed, David Horowitz follows the arc of Bertrand Russell's later years--Russell was extremely vocal in the anti-war, anti-nuclear movements, right up to his death two months before this issue was released.

  david horowitz bertrand russel herbert marcuse marshall singer franz schurmann james becket vietnam war cuba cia operations politics of utopia greek military junta india imperialism national liberation front essay investigative reporting
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  Vol 8. No 9. March 1970

  Format: Print

  Language: English

  The cover of this issue features Mick Jagger in a patriotic 'fit, which edges neatly with the article feature titled "The Rolling Stones--At Play in the Apocalypse." Ramparts cradles both the political and the countercultural here--and doesn't stop there. Muckraking! I love it. In Bob Fitch's "Nixon: With A Little Help for His Friends," I am reminded of my love for a good political ousting.

  maurice zeitlin gregory corso michael lydon bertrand russell bob fitch cuba cuban revolution political corruption american culture industrial development rolling stones american violence richard nixon colonization financial regulation poetry essay investigative reporting
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  Vol 6 No. 8 March 1968

  Format: Print

  Language: English

  In this issue of Ramparts, a featured article by Michèle Ray, "In Cold Blood." Ray was a French journalist well known for her capture by the Vietcong in 1967. She was held captive for 21 days, released--and in the same year--traveled to Bolivia to report on the death (murder) of Che Guevara. Personally, I would have taken a holiday.

  che guevara eugene mccarthy mao zedong lawrence ferlinghetti paul krassner michele ray david horowitz vietnam war latin america politics of korea politics of china electoral politics cia operations book review essay film review letter investigative reporting
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  Vol 6. No. 2 September 1967

  Format: Print

  Language: English

  This issue centers on revolutionary movements and Black liberation. The cover story, "America's Black Guerrillas" by Sol Stern, examines militant Black organizing, with additional pieces on Régis Debray's revolutionary theory and Eduardo Galeano reporting from Guatemala's guerrilla movements. Noam Chomsky contributes "The Fire This Time," a major essay addressing Vietnam and imperialism. (Bummer about Chomsky, huh?)

  noam chomsky regis debray eduardo galeano sol stern andrew kopkind paul goodman iannis ritsos black power guerrilla warfare revolutionary theory vietnam war latin american revolution media criticism antiwar movement new left guatemala cuba middle east poetry fiction book review essay investigative reporting
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  Vol. 5 No. 9 March 1967

  Format: Print

  Language: English

  This is the issue that got the editorial staff at Ramparts in hot water with the CIA--to say the least! Michael Wood, a former National Student Association (NSA) officer, exposed the CIA operations funding the NSA and other prominent organizations to curb the rise of Communism. Sol Stern broke the story in "NSA and the CIA," in this issue. Que congressional hearings, a national crisis, and Ramparts enduring years of harassment from the CIA--Supplement material to come.

  Warren Hinckle Sol Stern Michael Wood Marcus Raskin Adam Hochschild cia operations national student association counterculture hippy culture indigenous rights passamaquoddy people existentialism us presidential politics book review essay special report letter investigative reporting