Peter S. Canellos — Revenge for the Sixties
Journalist Peter S. Canellos examines how conservative forces methodically dismantled the social gains of the 1960s over subsequent decades of American politics.
Date & Time at 3:00 PM EST
Location Politics and Prose Washington, US
Organizer Politics and Prose
Why we picked this
The backlash to the 1960s didn't happen by accident — Canellos traces the deliberate, decades-long project to reverse civil rights, social welfare, and cultural gains.
Peter S. Canellos presents a political history that reframes the last half-century of American conservatism as a sustained, strategic campaign to undo the gains of the 1960s — not just the policies, but the cultural and social shifts that accompanied them.
The argument is both sweeping and specific, tracing how legislative rollbacks, judicial appointments, and cultural messaging were coordinated across decades to reverse what many Americans assumed were settled questions. Essential reading for understanding why the political present often feels like a fight over the political past.