In The Death and Rebirth of American Radicalism, Stanley Aronowitz describes the conditions for a revival of the U.S. radical movement. How, he asks, has conservatism staged such a remarkable recovery since the turbulent 1960s?

Aronowitz asserts that the left is in trouble because it has "lost" the culture and political wars of previous decades. To win future battles, he argues, the next Left must not envision merely more equality or opportunity, but develop a radical democratic movement that seeks a solution to the economic, political and cultural crisis of our time.