In The Subversive Seventies Michael Hardt sets out to show that popular understandings of the
political movements of the seventies--often seen as fractious violent and largely
unsuccessful--are not just inaccurate but foreclose valuable lessons for the political
struggles of today. Looking at a wide range of movements around the globe during the 1970s
from the United States to Guinea Bissau South Korea Chile Turkey and Italy Hardt argues
that the movements of the 1970s identified and attempted to resolve the political problems that
still face contemporary radical political thought and action.
