This book is the first in the HARD TIMES News Book series of muckraking documents, political reports, and commentaries on the new culture. The books will draw on articles prepared for the weekly issues of HARD TIMES-the newspaper of hard news reporting and analysis-edited by Andrew Kopkind and James Ridgeway. Consulting editors are Ralph Nader and Fred Gardner.

(Key Words: Political Science, Politics, Tom Hayden, Government, Andrew Kopkind, James Ridgeway, Ralph Nader, Fred Gardner, National Commission on the causes and prevention of violence, House Un-American Activities Committee).