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Bob A. Feldman

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 22: At United Parcel Service and Queens College, Sept.-Nov.

As a Movement alternative to Weather, I had begun to consider working more closely with Newsreel. Newsreel’s strategy of focusing on using…

Jun 17, 2026 · 4 min read · 50 claps #columbia-university #1960s #chicago

Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 22: At United Parcel Service and Queens College, Sept.-Nov.

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Review Of Stefan Bradley’s `Harlem Vs. Columbia University’ Book From 2009

In the epilogue of his great book on the historic 1968 student revolt at Columbia University , Harlem vs. Columbia University, which…

Nov 29, 2025 · 6 min read · 0 claps #columbia-university #harlem #1968-columbia-revolt

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 15: Steering Columbia SDS Into Action, April 1968 (x)

In the two weeks during which Columbia Vice-President David B. Truman (who was expected to succeed Grayson Kirk as President of Columbia…

May 15, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #columbia-university #1960s #mlk

Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 15: Steering Columbia SDS Into Action, April 1968 (x)

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 22: At United Parcel Service and Queens College, Sept.-Nov.

In early September 1969, I decided that I wanted to participate in the Weatherman’a Chicago action (initially advertised as an…

Jun 15, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #columbia-university #1960s #chicago

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 9: Confronting The Marines, 1967 (i)

The first few weeks of April 1967 flew by. And then Columbia SDS learned that the U.S. Marines were coming to recruit on Columbia’s campus…

Mar 28, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #columbia-university #1960s #vietnam-war

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 22: At United Parcel Service and Queens College, November…

In November 1969, there was another large anti-war demo scheduled for Washington, D.C.. At a pre-demo planning meeting on the weekend…

Jun 19, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #columbia-university #1960s #police-brutality

Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 22: At United Parcel Service and Queens College, November…

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 15: Steering Columbia SDS Into Action, April 1968 (vii)

Everyone in the Bloomington, Indiana student hang-out was white. And only a small number seemed disturbed enough to remain glued to the TV…

May 12, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #mlk #columbia-university #1960s

Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 15: Steering Columbia SDS Into Action, April 1968 (vii)

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 21: Weatherman Comes To Queens, July 1969 (i)

In early July 1969, I heard from the National SDS Weatherman faction people, myself. A meeting was held at Frank’s 3-room apartment, which…

Jun 10, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #columbia-university #1960s #revolution

Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 21: Weatherman Comes To Queens, July 1969 (i)

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 15: Steering Columbia SDS Into Action, March 1968 (iv)

After the pie-throwing incident and the steering committee meeting in which he skillfully outdebated all his Praxis-Axis critics, Mark was…

May 09, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #columbia-university #1960s #bob-dylan

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Summer Camp Memories: September 1970 (xx)

By early September 1970, I was back in my cheap Bronx slum apartment. But Eric and Michelle were still living there. Wishfully thinking…

Jul 21, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #1970s #summer-camp #relationships-love-dating

Summer Camp Memories: September 1970 (xx)

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 15: Steering Columbia SDS Into Action, March-April 1968…

As the National SDS Council meeting broke up, I asked around for a ride to Bloomington, Indiana. Two SDS guys and an SDS woman from…

May 11, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #mlk #columbia-university #1960s

Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 15: Steering Columbia SDS Into Action, March-April 1968…

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 22: At United Parcel Service and Queens College, Nov.-Dec.

After getting paid triple time for working on Thanksgiving at UPS in late November 1969, I decided to quit the job and give up my Jackson…

Jun 20, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #racism #media #1960s

Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 22: At United Parcel Service and Queens College, Nov.-Dec.

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 2: At UM & M, 1965 (ii)

I don’t recall too much of what went on at work during my six weeks at UM & M. I generally ate out everyday at some restaurant. In 1965…

Feb 17, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #columbia-university #folk-music #1960s

Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 2: At UM & M, 1965 (ii)

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Summer Camp Memories: July-August 1970 (xii)

My next memory of the summer is when Harriet, the sister of the camper from Toronto, arrived from Toronto to replace a counselor for one of…

Jul 13, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #1970s #sexism #feminism

Summer Camp Memories: July-August 1970 (xii)

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 22: At United Parcel Service and Queens College, Dec.

Steve’s West 16th St. apartment in Manhattan had a bathtub in the kitchen. Howie and Jamie were the two High School Student Union activists…

Jun 21, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #1960s #1970s #students

Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 22: At United Parcel Service and Queens College, Dec.

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Summer Camp Memories: May-September 1970 (Conclusion)

I never saw Harriet again either. Near the end of 1970, I wrote her a love letter. But she did not bother replying. Susan, however, did…

Jul 22, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #1970s #summer-camp #hippies

Summer Camp Memories: May-September 1970 (Conclusion)

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 14: Back In Furnald Hall, Feb. 1968 (iii)

Two events related to the African-American student movement made an impact on Columbia’s campus in the first three months of 1968: the…

May 03, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #columbia-university #1960s #howard-university

Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 14: Back In Furnald Hall, Feb. 1968 (iii)

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Summer Camp Memories: August 1970 (xix)

By the last few weeks of the camp, most of the camp staff people had gotten to know each other as well as they were going to, having lived…

Jul 20, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #1970s #summer-camp #hippies

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Writers Guild Office Boy: Excerpt 8: September-October 1970

One reason Burkey probably felt she had to act more like a male bulldog, in relating to people below her in the office hierarchy and on the…

Aug 03, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #1970s #writers-guild-of-america #sexism

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Summer Camp Memories: July-August 1970 (xiv)

For a few weeks, Harriet and I were like one person. But near the end of the second week, we had our first disagreement. Mayer had decided…

Jul 15, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #1970s #summer-camp #special-education

Summer Camp Memories: July-August 1970 (xiv)

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 22: At United Parcel Service and Queens College, Sept.-Nov.

As the October 1969 “Days of Rage” street protests in Chicago approached, I still didn’t rule out the possibility of going out to Chicago…

Jun 16, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #columbia-university #1960s #chicago

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Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 22: At United Parcel Service and Queens College, Oct.-Nov.

In October 1969, the U.S. corporate media felt that the War in Viet Nam was now unwinnable. So when a non- New Left Movement, white…

Jun 18, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #columbia-university #1960s #racism

Sundial: Columbia SDS Memories: Chapter 22: At United Parcel Service and Queens College, Oct.-Nov.

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Summer Camp Memories: August 1970 (xvi)

It was in early August one evening that, speaking over the camp loudspeaker system, Mayer summoned me to his trailer. Before leaving my…

Jul 17, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #1970s #summer-camp #hospital

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Summer Camp Memories: August 1970 (xviii)

On the AM radio stations in August 1970, “Band of Gold,” and “Ride, Captain, Ride,” and the Carpenters’ “Close To You” were being played…

Jul 19, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #1970s #summer-camp #hippies

Summer Camp Memories: August 1970 (xviii)

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Workin’ At Travelers Aid Revisited Continued (Conclusion)

Yet by the summer of 1974, the Weather Underground Organization [WUO] had published its Prairie Fire pamphlet, which indicated that it was…

Dec 25, 2025 · 2 min read · 0 claps #folk-music #anti-war-movement #weather-underground