Radical Education Project
Radical Education Project described itself as "an independent education. research and publication program, initiated by Students for a Democratic Society, devoted to the cause of democratic radicalism and aspiring to the creation of a new left in America.[1]
History
REP began as a non-profit, educational organization in early 1966 manned by volunteers in one room at 510 East William St., Ann Arbor, Michigan.
By 1968 it had grown into seven rooms at 109 Miller Ave., Ann Arbor, with "a growing assortment of equipment, including especially a printing press generously loaned to us by Irene Schensted of Ann Arbor" and a paid staff of four full-time workers and one part time:
Nancy Bancroft, Janet Dowty, Stuart Dowty, James Jacobs, Donald McKelvey.
Initial finances for REP came mainly from the sale of literature and subscriptions (by 1968 around 1,000) to REP's newsletter, Radicals in the Professions.[2]
Sponsors
REP's 1968 sponsors were;
- Ralph Andreano
- Philip Berrigan
- Julian Bond
- Robert Browne
- Richard Cloward
- Stanley Diamond
- Douglas Dowd
- Hal Draper
- Barrows Dunham
- Robert Engler
- Jules Feiffer
- W. H. Ferry
- Philip Foner
- Norm Fruchter
- William Gamson
- Julien Gendell
- John Gerassi
- Ernest Goodman
- Paul Goodman
- Nat Hentoff
- David Morowitz
- Leo Huberman
- Raghavan Iyer
- Paul Jacobs
- Julius Jacobson
- Gabriel Kolko
- Andrew Kopkind
- William Kunstler
- Paul Lauter
- Richard Lichtman
- Staughton Lynd
- Herbert Marcuse
- Seymour Melman
- Jack Minnis
- Barrington Moore
- Charles Moskos
- Charles E. Osgood
- Linus Pauling
- Victor Perlo
- James A. Pike
- Marc Pilisuk
- Victor Rabinowitz
- Anatol Rapoport
- Marcus Raskin
- Kenneth Rexroth
- Sumner Rosen
- Richard Shaull
- Sol Stern
- Harvey Swados
- Harold Taylor
- Michael Walzer
- Arthur Waskow
- Harvey Wheeler
- William A Williams
- Marshall Windmiller
- Howard Zinn
Robert W. Spike was an initial sponsor in 1966.[3]