REASON Interview: Eldridge Cleaver
He used to plot how to kill Ronald Reagan. Today he worries about how to get blacks off welfare and into the economy. The ex-Black Panther revolutionary talks to REASON.
He used to plot how to kill Ronald Reagan. Today he worries about how to get blacks off welfare and into the economy. The ex-Black Panther revolutionary talks to REASON.
A leading voice of neo-conservatism explains its intellectual tradition, evaluates the Reagan presidency, and defends public control of morality.
He helped found National Review; now he calls himself an anarchist. He wrote speeches for Goldwater's presidential bid; now he publishes a survival newsletter. Karl Hess talks about the Old Right, the New Right, and what's right.
A REASON Interview: "I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves."