Episode 4
Rebellion Against Rebellion
OSLO, 1978: Evgeny is determined to uncover the truth behind Warren Brodey's sudden departure from America and his reappearance as a fervent Maoist at a Norwegian iron foundry. Locals whisper he might be a CIA agent, but is there any truth to these suspicions? As Evgeny digs deeper, he unravels Warren's strange political journey and the impact of his past on those he left behind in the US. Meanwhile, Avery Johnson's drastic shift to the opposite political direction adds another layer of complexity to this mysterious tale.
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Entry dated 28 March 1969. Warren Brodey Archive. University of Vienna. (Book: Oct '68 - Mar '69)
Brodey, Warren. "If You Can't Support the Revolution Let the Revolution Support You." Innovation 15 (October 1970): 12-22.
Letter from Brodey to McLuhan, dated September 20, 1978. McLuhan Papers. National Archives of Canada, Ottawa. Volume 19, File 77.
Warren Brodey to Judith Johnson, dated 24 October 1977. Original in Evgeny Morozov's possession.
Much of the background on AKP comes from this excellent article: Van de Ven, Hans J. "Global Maoism and the Decolonization of China’s History." Scandinavian Journal of History 34, no. 3 (2009): 249-260. The actual phrase used was "rebellion against the rebellion." It is from Nik Brandal.
The floor anecdote is cited here: Ross, Andrea Friederici. Edith: The Rogue Rockefeller McCormick (p. 53). Southern Illinois University Press.
This clip is from Christian Grote's 1970 Telling Fish about Water Film
He mentions Lenin in a diary entry dated 03 October, 1973. Warren Brodey Archive. University of Vienna. (Book: 1973 Norway)
See his diary entry dated April 12, 1974. Warren Brodey Archive. University of Vienna. (Book: 1973 Norway). This is also where he mentions reading Marx and Engels.
States of the Human in the Productive Context (unpublished). 1974 (?). File 7. Warren Brodey Archive. University of Vienna.
Bio-politics (unpublished). 1977. File 7. Warren Brodey Archive. University of Vienna.
“Letter to Arthur,” c 1975.
“Letter to Arthur,” c 1975.
This clip is from a short film 1980 film produced by Katherine Brown, "Ivan at 14" (digital copy with Evgeny Morozov).
Lori R. Roggman and Nancy A. Cardia, Family Dance: Building Positive Relationships (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976), 122. The quote has been slightly altered for oral delivery.
Lori R. Roggman and Nancy A. Cardia, Family Dance: Building Positive Relationships (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976), 125. The quote has been slightly altered for oral delivery.
Warren Brodey to Judith Johnson, 16 June 1979. Original in Evgeny Morozov's possession.
Warren Brodey to Judith Johnson, 24 October 1977. Original in Evgeny Morozov's possession.
Diary entry dated 18/9/1975. Warren Brodey Archive. University of Vienna. (Book: 1973 Norway)
Judith Johnson to Warren Brodey, 15 April 1978. Original in Evgeny Morozov's possession.
Warren Brodey to Judith Johnson, May 21, 1978. Original in Evgeny Morozov's possession.
“Society and Technology Steering One Another,” April 1974.
Diary entry dated 12 December 1969. Warren Brodey Archive. University of Vienna. (Book: Oct '69 - Apr '70) Quote slightly altered for oral delivery.
Diary entry dated 25 January 1970. Warren Brodey Archive. University of Vienna. (Book: Oct '69 - Apr '70) Quote slightly altered for oral delivery.
Diary entry dated 23 March 1970. Warren Brodey Archive. University of Vienna. (Book: Oct '69 - Apr '70) Quote slightly altered for oral delivery.
Diary entry dated 4 May 1970. Warren Brodey Archive. University of Vienna. (Book: May '70 - Dec '71) Quote slightly altered for oral delivery.
Avery Johnson to Paul Ryan. 18 May, 1973. Series 2, Box 2, Folder 39. Paul Ryan Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Avery Johnson to Paul Ryan. 12 July, 1976. Series 2, Box 2, Folder 39. Paul Ryan Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Brodey, Warren, “Homesteading and Biopolitics,” c 1974.. Quote slightly altered for oral delivery.
Avery Johnson to Christian Grote, lettered dated April 9, 1970. Original in Francette Cerulli's possession.
Avery Johnson to Christian Grote, lettered dated February 10, 1969. Original in Francette Cerulli's possession.
Johnson, Avery. "Information Tools That Decision Makers Can Really Talk With." In Decision Making in a Changing World: Selected Essays from Innovation Magazine, 1971.
In 1961, Avery Johnson engaged in a long letter exchange with the philosopher Sidney Hook who had recently reviewed Ayn Rand's book in the New York Times. The exchange is available in Hook's collection at the Hoover Institution (box 61, folder 11).
The quote comes from the 1966 manuscript of Avery Johnson's unpublished book, The Consequence of Man: A Cybernetic View of Mind and Matter, Minding and Mattering. Original in Francette Cerulli's possession.
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