October 28-30: Explaining the right turn in the 1970s and 1980s

Read for October 28: Lecture Outline; Seventies, 102-143,

Read for October 30: Seventies 193-217

· Jerry Falwell, “Listen America” (1978)

· Richard Viguerie on how he built the New Right

· “The Liberal Media”: The Poltergeist that will Not Die

Recommended:

· Conservative Foundations by Eric Alterman

· A list of the Religious Right, with links to individual organizations http://www.notso.com/rrlinks.htm

· Right Wing Think-Tanks are often quoted, rarely labeled

· The Money behind the Media http://www.mediatransparency.org/

o Example: Bradley Foundation Money and what it supports http://www.mediatransparency.org/funders/bradley_foundation.htm

· More evidence on the myth of the liberal media

· The Education of David Stockman (David Stockman shaped Reagan's first budget, here, in the famous Greider interview, he revealed some of the startling greed and the class-conscious basis of that administration's decision-making)

· Whatever became of Jude Wanniski, of famous Laffer curve fame? He’s now viewed as a crank even by the right-wing

· Ronald Reagan Calls for New Economic Policies, speech before business,1980

· Star Trek-Klingons and Commies: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/original/commies.shtml

· The Tax Revolt by Thomas Edsall http://members.tripod.com/~anthony_giacalone/tax_revolt.html

· New Right by Alan Crawford http://members.tripod.com/~anthony_giacalone/new_right.html

· Studs Terkel Conversations With America

· Meltdown at Three Mile Island

· The Super 70s Nostalgia for the 1970s- movies, culture, etc

· Blackout in the 1970s