Sidney Lens(Estate)

Represented by Eleanor Wood

Sidney Lens (1912-1986) was a labor activist, historian, and author of many books on foreign affairs, American History and social movements.  He was senior editor for The Progressive Magazine, and his articles appeared in Harpers, The Nation, Harvard Business Review,The New York Times and elsewhere.  His best-known books include The Military-Industrial Complex, The Day Before Doomsday, The Labor Wars  and Permanent War:The Militarization of America.  He also wrote books for young readers, including Vietnam: A War on Two Fronts and The Bomb. His The Forging of the American Empire, originally published in 1974, was reissued in 2003 by Haymarket Books with a new Introduction by Howard Zinn.  His autobiography, The Unrepentant Radical: An American Activist’s Account of Five Turbulent Decades, was published by Beacon Press.

THE FORGING OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
POVERTY: YESTERDAY AND TODAY
STRIKEMAKERS AND STRIKEBREAKERS
THE UNREPENTANT RADICAL: AN AMERICAN ACTIVIST’S ACCOUNT OF FIVE TURBULENT DECADES
RADICALISM IN AMERICA

OTHER TITLES:

THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

THE BOMB

VIETNAM: A WAR ON TWO FRONTS

THE DAY BEFORE DOOMSDAY

THE CRISIS OF AMERICAN LABOR

THE PROMISE AND PITFALLS OF REVOLUTION

THE MAGINOT LINE SYNDROME; AMERICA’S HOPELESS FOREIGN POLICY

THE COUNTERFEIT REVOLUTION

AFRICA: AWAKENING GIANT

THE ANATOMY OF FOREIGN AID