Erich Fromm, Herbert Marcuse, Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer: tremendously influential thinkers all, and all part of a grouping of German scholars called the Frankfurt School. A new book by Thomas Wheatland examines the Frankfurt School's interactions with US intellectuals in New York City. It also contests conventional understandings of the impact of Marcuse's ideas on the New Left.

More than six decades ago, a group of radical war resisters founded the first listener-sponsored radio station in the US. In celebration of its anniversary, we feature some highlights from KPFA's storied past, including Herbert Marcuse and Angela Davis speaking out in 1969 against the repression of radical thought at the University of California; Leroi Jones/ Amiri Baraka on the complexities of oppression; Jane Fonda on the FBI's COINTELPRO surveillance of her, and more.