| Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of One of the Chicago 7 Contributor(s): Weiner, Lee (Author) |
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ISBN: 1948742683 ISBN-13: 9781948742689 Publisher: Belt Publishing OUR PRICE: $23.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2020 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Political |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.9" W x 7.4" (0.60 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest |
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| Publisher Description: A memoir of a life in activism by one of the original defendants in the Trial of the Chicago 7, subject of the 2020 Oscar-nominated Aaron Sorkin film of the same name. In March 1969, eight young men were indicted by the federal government for conspiracy to incite a riot. First dubbed the "Conspiracy 8" and later the "Chicago 7," the group included firebrands like Abbie Hoffman and Bobby Seale, but also a little-known community activist and social worker named Lee Weiner, from the South Side of Chicago, who was just as surprised as the rest of the country when his name was called. The ensuing trial of the Chicago 7 was a media sensation, and it changed Weiner's life forever. In this irreverent, freewheeling memoir of an indelible moment in history, Conspiracy to Riot shows how commitment to your ideals can change your destiny--for better and for worse. With startling relevance in today's political climate, Conspiracy to Riot is a book for anyone who hopes for a better, more just world, and a blueprint for how to make it happen. |
Contributor Bio(s): Weiner, Lee: - Lee Weiner was born and raised on Chicago's south side, in a family involved on the margins of both organized crime and the old Communist Party. His own activist life on the left of American politics began with free-speech demonstrations at the University of Illinois in 1960, included community organizing in desperately poor neighborhoods in Chicago, participation in the demonstrations against the Democratic Party in the summer of 1968, and then indictment and participation in the notorious Chicago 7 political trial in 1969. His later political work included direct response marketing and data analysis for members of Congress and national non-profit organizations. Along the way he collected a couple of Masters Degrees and a PhD in Sociology, 3 wrecked marriages and 6 kids who have mostly forgiven how their father's commitments to social justice work disrupted their own lives. |
