Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on July 10, 1968, uploaded to YouTube on February 11, 2011.

Guests: Fred Halstead, Paul Boutelle

Summary:

WFB starts off by reminding us that the Socialist Workers are “the principal political heirs of Leon Trotsky in this country,” and one might expect a certain amount of acrimony to follow. In fact, while the ideological edge is always there, many of the exchanges are great fun. FH: “I don’t know that it’s the obligation of any militant to be rude. I wish the capitalists would be gentlemanly toward us.” WFB: “Yeah.” FH: “Occasionally, they throw us in jail, and things like that.” WFB: “Well, considering that you want to sort of, you know, do away with capitalists–” FH: “… Not with the individual human beings–with the system. I suspect that even you would find a place in the socialist system.” WFB: “Well, sure. I’m a very good typist, and I’m sure you’d have a lot of forms.” FH: “Maybe lectures, on the past….”

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