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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Harry Binswanger Comments on the Columbia Protests – 1968 and Today
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In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer interviews Harry Binswanger, a philosopher and longtime friend of Ayn Rand’s, about his observations as a graduate student at Columbia during the 1968 protests and how those protests compare to those taking place now at Columbia and other campuses.
Among the topics covered:
How the 1968 protesters hoped to bring about a communist revolution;
Why the university tolerated the protesters and ceded to their demands;
Binswanger’s role in opposing the activists;
Ayn Rand’s analysis of the student protest phenomenon;
The long-t...