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In this oral history, writer, media entrepreneur and social activist David Talbot shares a life of political commitment and historical engagement. Born in Los Angeles in 1951, David first came to San Francisco as a teenager when his father, a famous Hollywood actor, was performing in theater productions in the city. David recalls falling madly in love with San Francisco at that time. He later attended college at U.C. Santa Cruz, after which he began his journalism career at Mother Jones. Though living in San Francisco, David recounts spending much time in Mill Valley in the 1980s and attests to a "soul connection" existing between Mill Valley and San Francisco. He discusses his career as an author beginning with his cultural history of 1960s San Francisco Season of the Witch ("how we liberated our city") to a pair of books on the Kennedy presidency and assassination ("how we lost our country"). David narrates his pioneering work in web publishing with Salon.com, which he started in 1995, and discusses his ongoing support of investigative journalism. This oral history is very clearly situated in the 2016 presidential campaign, and it concludes with David describing his return to political activism and expressing his desire to see the social ethics of the 1960s-especially compassion and solidarity-become dominant values in the national culture.
Identifier
C5D2711E-F06B-41E3-A050-412742298993 2016.058.001
Subject
1960s Activists Bloomfield, Mike Clinton, Hillary Davies, Marion Dowie, Mark Good Earth Commune Graham, Bill Greatful Dead Haight (San Francisco neighborhood) Hart, Mickey Henrich, Ruth Hippies Jefferson Airplane Joplin, Janice Journalism Kantner, Paul Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, John F Lautzker, Larry Lewis, Huey Mother Jones (periodical) Music MV history - Music and counterculture (1960s and 1970s) Oral history - Visual, performing, literary arts Oral history - Volunteerism, activism Politics & government Raitt, Bonnie Raitt, John Revolutionaries San Francisco September 11, 2001 Smith, David, Dr Talbot, Margaret
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