LETTERS TO A YOUNG ACTIVIST by Todd Gitllin

A couple of days or so ago I finished reading LETTERS TO A YOUNG ACTIVIST by Todd Gitllin. It's pretty good -- though of course not on a par with its model LETTERS TO A YOUNG POET by Rilke.

I admireed Gitlin back in the mid 1960s when he was a community organizer in a poor white neighborhood in Chicago. He went on to a university career, to write a number of books, and to continue to be a progressive activist. I've found that I don't always agree fully with his positions but that they have always seemed well expressed, well reasoned, and worth considering. This book has a lot of the wisdom of experience and is worth a close study. I recommend it for any book discussion group with a politically progressive outlook.