7/2/2020 — Set the Night on Fire: LA in the Sixties: Lost Angles Night School Kickoff Event

7/2/2020 — Set the Night on Fire: LA in the Sixties: Lost Angles Night School Kickoff Event

Mike Davis and Jon Wiener, authors of Set The Night On Fire: Los Angeles In The Sixties, are kicking off the DSA-LA Political Education Committee’s Night School Series: Lost Angles with a discussion about the working-class radicals who fought the Los Angeles Police Department and the city economic and political elite in the 1960s. This event is the…

The Freedom Rides Made the Most of a Multiracial Activist Base

The Freedom Rides Made the Most of a Multiracial Activist Base

Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties was mentioned in the article “The Freedom Rides Made the Most of a Multiracial Activist Base” by Meagan Day. “Today’s protests for racial justice are strikingly multiracial. Civil rights organizers have historically considered this an asset and often used it creatively and strategically to their advantage,…

How LAPD chief William H. Parker influenced the depiction of policing on the TV show Dragnet

How LAPD chief William H. Parker influenced the depiction of policing on the TV show Dragnet

Monthly Review Online published “How LAPD chief William H. Parker influenced the depiction of policing on the TV show Dragnet,” an excerpt from Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties. “During its January 1960 hearing, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights tepidly attempted to open a window on the police abuse of minorities…

6/8/2020 – A Virtual Discussion Hosted by LSE About Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties

6/8/2020 – A Virtual Discussion Hosted by LSE About Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties

LSE’s Department of Sociology hosted a live discussion about Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties on June 8, 2020 at 10 am PST. Mike Davis and Jon Wiener were in conversation with Robin Kelley and Glyn Robbins. They discussed the background to the book and its relevance today, particularly in the context…