The Provocation of Violence, by Jan Howard, DISSENT

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The Provocation of Violence

by Jan Howard

Dissent, January 1966, pp. 94-99

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    1. 1. Cease Fire!, pp. 1-6
    2. 2. The Vietnam Protest Movement, pp. 7-9
    3. 3. What the Teach-Ins Taught Us by Kenneth Boulding, pp. 10-15
    4. 4. Democracy and the Conscript by Michael Walzer, pp. 16-21
    5. 5. Direct Action and Democratic Values by Tom Kahn, pp. 22-29
    6. 6. Vietnam Protest and the Unions by Emanuel Geltman, pp. 30-32
    7. 7. On Those Who Burned Themselves by Paul Cowan, pp. 33-35
    8. The Destruction of Conscience in Vietnam by Marshall Sahlins, pp. 36-62
    9. The Politics of Coalition by Emanuel Geltman and Stanley Plastrik, pp. 63-74
    10. The Politics of "The Movement" by Tom Hayden, pp. 75-87
    11. The Case of Tertz-Sinyavski by Max Hayward, pp. 88-91
    12. William Buckley and the Price of Kicks by Irving Howe, pp. 92-93
    13. The Provocation of Violence by Jan Howard, pp. 94-99
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      1. Our Depleted Society by Seymour Melman
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      1. The Third World by Peter Worsley
    18. Letters, pp. 111-114
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    1. A Report on the LID by Tom Kahn, p. 116
    2. A Turn for the Worse in Vietnam by I.H., p. 117
    3. Vietnam and Meat in the Sandwich by Jack Rader, pp. 118-122
    4. Toward a Freedom Budget by A. Philip Randolph, pp. 123-127
    5. The Prosecution and Imprisonment of Mike Quill by the Transit Authority as Performed in... by Murray Hausknecht, pp. 128-130
    6. Slaughterhouse in Indonesia by S.P., p. 131
    7. The Trial Ends by I.H., p. 132
    8. The Negro Family and the Moynihan Report by Laura Carper, pp. 133-140
    9. In Defense of the Negro Family by Frank Riessman, pp. 141-144
    10. Who Should Control Education? by Christopher Jencks, pp. 145-163
    11. So Who's Not Mad? On Marat/Sade and Nihilism by Lionel Abel, pp. 164-172
    12. Hannah Arendt Answered by Gertrude Ezorsky, pp. 173-182
    13. New Winds on the Campus by Paul Feldman, pp. 183-189
    14. British Labor by Rita Hinden, pp. 190-194
    15. History as It Is Rewritten by Howard N. Meyer, pp. 195-197
    16. Ideology and Foreign Affairs by Henry Pachter, pp. 198-202
    17. A Reply by Michael Walzer and John Schrecker, pp. 203-207
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      1. Shame of a Nation by Philip Stern and George De Vincent
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      1. Is Curly Jewish? by Paul Jacobs
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      Social Powerlessness in the Ghetto by Sheila Rush, pp. 213-214 - 1 Review
      1. Dark Ghetto by Kenneth B. Clark
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      A Critic of Literature and Politics by Robert Boyers, pp. 215-218 - 1 Review
      1. Writers and Politics by Conor Cruise O'Brien
    22. Index - 1964 and 1965, pp. 219-224
    23. Noah Greenberg: 1919-1966 by I.H., pp. 225-226
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    May 1966 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. The Buddhist Revolt in Vietnam by Irving Howe, pp. 227-228
    2. Free Elections for Dominican Republic by Paul Feldman, p. 229
    3. Code 77 by Paul Jacobs, pp. 230-233
    4. Bogalusa by Vera Rony, pp. 234-242
    5. On Theories of Automation by Ben B. Seligman, pp. 243-264
    6. Going Back South by Calvin Hernton, pp. 265-274
    7. U.S. in Vietnam by Richard A. Falk, pp. 275-284
    8. Prodigal Fathers & Existential Sons - A Report from Berkeley by Reginald E. Zelnik, pp. 285-289
    9. The Idea of "Community" by Dennis H. Wrong, pp. 290-297
    10. The Myth of Peasant Revolt by Lewis Coser, pp. 298-303
    11. On Cannibals and Christians by Norman Mailer, pp. 304-305
    12. Collective Bargaining in Education by Thomas R. Brooks, pp. 306-311
    13. 1. What Is the Responsibility of the Professor? by John R. Seeley, pp. 312-313
    14. 2. Uses and Abuses of Civil Disobedience by Henry Pachter, pp. 314-316
    15. 3. Suppose the Draft Were "Democratized" by N. Gordon Levin, p. 317
    16. 4. Options for Resistance Today by Michael Walzer, pp. 318-319
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      "Sickness" and Rebellion: East and West by Robert Coles, pp. 320-322 - 1 Review
      1. Ward 7 by Valeriy Tarsis
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    22. Letters, pp. 333-338
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    1. Poland by E.G., p. 338
    2. Why Bosch Lost the Dominican Election by Penn Kemble, pp. 339-342
    3. A Change of the Stance in the Cold War by Henri Rabasseire, pp. 343-347
    4. The CIA and the Universities by Murray Hausknecht, pp. 348-349
    5. The Example of Sutan Sjahrir by Stanley Plastrik, pp. 350-351
    6. American Catholics Turn Left by James Finn, pp. 352-360
    7. The Negroes Enter Southern Politics by Pat Watters, pp. 361-368
    8. The Draft by David Bakan and Robert L. Hoffman, pp. 369-373
    9. The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising (Excerpt from a Play) by Gunter Grass, pp. 374-376
    10. Revolution and Counter-Revolution by Keith Botsford, pp. 377-390
    11. Hands (A Story) by Nikolai Arzhak, pp. 391-395
    12. Kafka in Russia by Gustav Herling-Grudzinski, pp. 396-400
    13. Open Letter to Sholokhov by Alberto Moravia, pp. 401-404
    14. What Can We Expect from the Unions? by Paul Jacobs, pp. 405-413
    15. Self-Hatred and the Politics of Kicks by Bennett M. Berger, pp. 414-417
    16. A Letter from Nigeria by Steven A. Jervis, pp. 418-420
    17. On the Sanity of Marat/Sade by Robert Boyers, pp. 421-424
    18. In Answer to George P. Elliot and Robert Boyers by Lionel Abel, pp. 425-426
    19. The Automation Bogy by Herbert A. Simon, pp. 427-428
    20. A Reply by Ben B. Seligman, pp. 429-432
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    25. The Plight of the Jews in the Soviet Union by David W. Weiss, pp. 447-466
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    2. The Oswald Case Should Be Reopened! by S.P., p. 469
    3. Tito, Rankovic and All That by L.C., pp. 470-471
    4. How the Cry for Black Power Began by Paul Feldman, pp. 472-477
    5. The Perplexities of Italian Communism by Peter Schmid, pp. 478-488
    6. A Ministry of Hope by Andrew Kopkind, pp. 489-491
    7. How to Succeed in Antipoverty Without Really Trying by Herbert Kohl, pp. 492-495
    8. A Report from Philadelphia by Deborah Meier, pp. 496-504
    9. Brownsville by Joseph B. Judge, pp. 505-509
    10. Pure Tolerance by David Spitz, pp. 510-525
    11. The Contract State by H.L. Nieburg, pp. 526-537
    12. The White Problem by Herbert J. Gans, pp. 538-539
    13. A Call to End the Draft by Alex Garber, pp. 540-543
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    16. Letters, p. 554
    17. A Call to Radicalism by Arnold S. Kaufman, pp. 555-626
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    1. The Tradition of Dissent by Michael Harrington, pp. 627-631
    2. Tribute to a Brave Man, p. 632
    3. What Is Happening in China? by Henry Pachter, pp. 633-638
    4. SNCC in Trouble by Pat Watters, pp. 639-641
    5. Where Is "The Movement" Now? by Stanley Plastrik, pp. 642-644
    6. Workers on the Farm by M. Vincent Miller, pp. 645-655
    7. And Then There Were None by Isaac Babel, pp. 656-659
    8. Background on Vietnam by Irving Howe, pp. 660-675
    9. Three Pages from Vietnamese History by Joseph Buttinger, pp. 676-690
    10. Administrative Liberalism and the War on Poverty by Joseph Bensman and Bernard Rosenberg, pp. 691-695
    11. Portrait of a Turncoat by David Evanier, pp. 696-697
    12. Napalm Bombs in Redwood City by Adam Hochschild, pp. 698-700
    13. On the Uses of Participatory Democracy by Richard Flacks, pp. 701-708
    14. From Death to Revolution by Bela Kiraly, pp. 709-724
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