Author Jon Wiener, Professor Emeritus at UCI, was profiled in the UCI Humanties Magazine. Read Megan Cole’s piece titled “Revolutionary Los Angeles” here.
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07/20/2020 — Los Angeles Protest: Past and Present
The Nation had a special event with the authors on 7/20/2020. “Award-winning radical historian of Southern California Mike Davis and Nation contributing writer Jon Wiener trace the city’s turbulent era of rebellion and police brutality and show how it connects us to the present moment with people out in the streets again. This special event is free of charge but pre-registration…
“Los Angeles Faces Down Covid-19” by Jon Wiener in The Nation
Jon Wiener wrote an article for The Nation about how LA is struggling to handle the coronavirus crisis with a massive homeless population and crowded prisons. Here’s a short excerpt: Driving past the Fountain Valley hospital south of Los Angeles, you see something new: a huge white tent in what was the parking lot. To…