I remember the 1960s crackdowns against war protesters. This is a repeat | Robert Reich

I remember the 1960s crackdowns against war protesters. This is a repeat | Robert Reich

The mistakes made at one point in time have an eerie way of re-emerging as memories fade

I’ve been spending the last several weeks trying to find out what’s really going on with the campus protests.

I’ve met with students at Berkeley, where I teach. I’ve visited with faculty at Columbia University. I’ve spoken by phone with young people and professors at many other universities.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His newest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com

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