Michael Harrington (1928-1989)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
On the Web: Specialized Sites
In the Library: Articles
Brandt, Willy. “Mike Harrington,” The Nation (9/9/89): 373-374.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Cone, James H. with comments by Michael Harrington. The Black Church & Marxism: What Do They Have to Say to Each Other? (NY: Institute for Democratic Socialism, 1980).
Harrington, Michael & Paul Jacobs (eds.) Labor in a Free Society (Berkeley: U. California, 1959).
__________. The Other America: Poverty in America [1962] (NY: Macmillan, 1971).
__________. The Politics of Poverty (NY: League for Industrial Democracy, 1965).
__________. The Accidental Century (Baltimore: Penguin, 1966). Cultural crisis of the Weest brought about by rapid technological change in the absence of democratic planning.
__________. American Power in the 20th C. (NY: League for Industrial Democracy, 1967).
__________. To Build a Democratic Left: 1968 Platform, Socialist Party USA (NY:Socialist Party, 1968).
__________. Toward a Democratic Left: A Radical Program for a New Majority (NY: Penguin, 1969).
__________. Why We Need Socialism in America (NY, 1970).
__________. Fragments of the Century (NY: Saturday Review, 1973).
__________. Socialism (N Y: Bantam, 1973).
__________. The Twilight of Capitalism (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1976).
__________. The Vast Majority: A Journey to the World's Poor (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1977).
__________. Decade of Decision: The Crisis of the American System (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1980).
__________. The Next America: The Decline & Rise of the US (NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1981).
__________. The Politics at God's Funeral: The Spiritual Crisis of Western Civilization (NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983).
__________. The New American Poverty (NY: Penguin, 1985).
__________. The Next Left: History of a Future (London: Tauris, 1987).
__________. The Long-Distance Runner: An Autobiography (NY: Henry Holt, 1988).
__________. Socialism: Past & Future (London: Pluto, 1993).
Hayden, Tom. “Harrington’s dilemma,” Nation (6/12/00). Review essay of Maurice Isserman’s The Other American: The life of Michael Harrington.
Howe, Irving & Michael Harrington (eds.) The Seventies: Problems & Proposals (NY: Harper & Rowe, 1972).
Williams, Duncan (ed.) The Lesser Evil? The Left Debates: The Democratic Party & Social Change (NY: Pathfinder, 1977).