David Harris To Speak In Denver, October 23, 2012 @ 7 pm @ Westside Books
Dreams Die Hard: Working for Peace in the 1960s and Today (a talk by David Harris)
Westside Books: 3434 W. 32 Ave, Denver, 80211
David Harris, one of the leaders of the anti-war movement of the 1960s
Harris was a student president at Stanford University; he became a leader in the draft resistance movement and spent three years in jail for refusing to go Vietnam. For a time he was married to the folk singer Joan Baez. Harris wrote a book about his experiences – Dreams Die Hard. It traces the relationship between Harris, former U.S. Congressman Allard Lowenstein and Dennis Sweeney and is in my view, one of the better `bird’s eye’ views of the social movement of the 1960s. The relationship ended tragically with Sweeney – who had become severely mentally ill – assassinating Lowenstein in his office in 1981.
Today Harris is a feature writer for the NY Times Sunday Magazine.
For Information: westsidebooks@qwestoffice.net
Sponsors: Westside Books, Colorado Coalition Against Attacking Iran, Front Range Jewish Voice For Peace
