On “Radicalizing” Our Students

“The Radicalizing of a Teacher of Literature,” by Ellen Cantarow. Change, May 1972.

Though the energies of the radical student movement seem to have ebbed, thousands of “movement people” are still seeking ways to act upon their often valid critique of American society. Many of them are now, degrees in their pockets, teaching at universities and trying to relate their academic training to their political thought. One such person, Ellen Cantarow, a Welles...