Interview with Daniel Stein

Partial Transcript: All right, so I think to start we'll get your full name...

Partial Transcript: So did you know about what was happening...

Segment Synopsis: Question: Did you know what was happening on campus before the demonstration? Answer: Daniel discusses knowing the leaders of the anti-War movement (including Stark and Soglin) from playing sports together. He talks about how professors Mosse and Goldberg facilitated "Teach-Ins" before Dow. He protested at the fields with Bob Cohen and was arrested.

Keywords: Ben Sidran; Bob Cohen; Evan Stark; Harvey Goldberg; Paul Soglin; Steve Miller; The War at Home; activism; anti-war protests

Partial Transcript: Now at that time there was also other stuff going on.

Segment Synopsis: Daniel discusses campus drug use, sexual activity, and the emergence of a large art culture at UW. He was friends with Steve Miller. Daniel participated in the Civil Rights Movement but drifted into circles of artists and musicians afterwards.

Keywords: Civil Rights Movement; Steve Miller; political activism

Partial Transcript: Um, so you were following those...

Segment Synopsis: Question: How did the protest movement against Dow materialize? Answer: Daniel discusses lingering police presence in Madison prior to Dow. On October 18th, Daniel left the Commerce Building to join a smaller protest at a different administration building on campus. He believes that, with looming police presence, it was difficult to facilitate a successful protest on campus.

Keywords: Administration Building; Bob Cohen; Evan Stark; National Guard

Partial Transcript: Soglin, by the way, was, um, I don't know how private this is...

Segment Synopsis: Daniel discusses Paul Soglin. Soglin became increasingly less radical as he furthered his political career. Daniel describes Soglin as "standoffish."

Keywords: Paul Soglin

Partial Transcript: Sort of like you looked to the horizon and storm clouds were rolling in...

Segment Synopsis: Question: You sensed that there was danger looming around the protest once you arrived? Answer: Daniel discusses his fear of fellow college-age students who were in the National Guard. He discusses how assassinations, the continuation of the war, and divisions of political views increasingly radicalized students.

Keywords: Civil rights movement; National Guard; Sterling Hall bombing

Partial Transcript: And - I remember Steve Miller saying to me, after the Janis - Jefferson Airplane album came out...

Segment Synopsis: Daniel talks about how Vietnam-War-Era music influenced him and Steve Miller. Daniel decreased his involvement in political struggles and shifted his interests toward music. He believes that the failure of protests left him politically disillusioned.

Keywords: Steve Miller

Partial Transcript: I - I wanted to mention about Harvey Goldberg...

Segment Synopsis: Daniel talks about Professor Harvey Goldberg and how he influenced the protest movement. Students had difficulties enrolling in his classes because his rhetoric was so popular.

Keywords: Harvey Goldberg