SET THE NIGHT ON FIRE
“L.A. Protest Past & Present: From the Watts Rebellion to the Black Lives Matter Movement Today”, hosted by the USC Annenberg Center. With a special appearance by Norman Lear. Attendees will be able to buy the books at 50% off from Verso Books. Click here for the Youtube video.
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…
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…
Red May, a month-long arts festival and teach-in, hosted a virtual discussion about Set the Night on Fire: Los Angeles in the Sixties on May 12, 2020, at 2 pm PST. Mike Davis and Jon Wiener were in a live conversation with Magally Miranda Alcazar to discuss their new book. This event was a fundraiser…
Book launch for Mike Davis and Jon Wiener’s “Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.” Davis and Wiener in conversation with Tom Lutz, founder and editor-in-chief of Los Angeles Review of Books and author, most recently, of “Born Slippy.” They discussed “Set the Night on Fire” and its many resonances for urban communities…
The following is an excerpt from Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties, by Mike Davis and Jon Wiener, published today by Verso. It is a monumental history of rebellion and resistance, a “movement history” of Los Angeles, examining the history of Black, Chicano, LGBT, women’s, and student activism in the city. Read…
Virtual book launch: Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT / 2:00 PM PDT Please join us for the virtual book launch of Mike Davis and Jon Wiener’s new book, Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties. Joining Davis and Wiener in conversation is Tom Lutz, founder and editor-in-chief of Los Angeles Review…