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Since there is no other entry for the term ramparts why don't we rename this article Ramparts? -- Viajero 19:35, 22 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

More info?

Why was it called Ramparts and why did it close?--Jack Upland 05:53, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

According to former executive editor Warren Hinckle, founder Edward Keating thought Ramparts was "a terrifically symbolic name because it could mean either defending the Church from the ramparts against secular attack, or Catholic intellectuals striking forth at the world with their ideas, from the ramparts" (If You Have a Lemon, Make Lemonade, p. 36). --Peter Richardson 04:19, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The magazine shut down twice for lack of funds--once briefly in 1969 while they reorganized under Chapter XI, and for the final time in 1975. The first time, circulation was quite high but the costs outstripped the revenue. They began republishing again in April 1969 and trimmed costs substantially. The second time, circulation had fallen below 60,000--a fraction of its peak.

http://www.insecure.org/stf/hacker_crackdown.txt says they closed after they published a blue box schematic and the feds seized and ruined their shit. The bad publicity and confiscated equipment cut too deeply into their sales. But that book could be wrong, and I can't be arsed verifying it right now. Maybe later. 72.40.101.236 22:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright issues

This article is largely based on an article in Folio, which I've linked to on the main page. It probably came to Wikipedia by way of this article on Sourcewatch wiki. On SourceWatch, the source was at least acknowledged. The last paragraph is the real problem - its a direct cut-and-paste from the original copyrighted source article. Peter G Werner 23:47, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vietnam veteran Don Duncan was military editor for Ramparts and gained strong media coverage for that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_W._Duncan Mike Kolvenbach (talk) 19:35, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CIA financed Ramparts?

According to the following source, the CIA actually financed Ramparts, could that be possible? Can this article address this issue? Here: Cord Meyer (1980). Facing Reality: From World Federalism to the CIA. pp. 86–89. --192.223.243.6 (talk) 18:06, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sevendays

Sevendays magazine appeared in the mid-70's shortly after Ramparts' demise and openly stated that it was attempting to carry on the legacy. It put out a few monthly issues and might have gotten to biweekly for a little while; it admitted that the title was mostly aspirational, but it attempted to be a high-quality, glossy lefty magazine aimed at least a somewhat young, somewhat hip audience, something that The Nation of that (or maybe any) era could never do. I would guess that it was 1976-1978 or something like this; I don't know any area libraries that have it in their bound periodicals now, but it either needs its own, linked article or at least a section here, but someone would need the resources to research it, which I lack. 2600:1004:B104:6E3A:F0C4:B6F9:6683:8256 (talk) 02:12, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Moved from article

This article is grossly deficient in that it fails to mention the major role played by Ramparts in 1966-67 by exposing the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency in the funding and infiltration of American and Foreign student, youth, labor and press organizations.^[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nsaer (talk • contribs) 04:08, September 7, 2014

References

^ "Secrets". Retrieved 7 September 2014.

A great deal of significant content is now missing from this article, including a list of important contributors. Because a lot of research went into my book about the magazine, I tried to monitor this page for a while, but really, life is too short. Peter Richardson (talk) 13:11, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

JFK

The article states:

Ramparts also unearthed the first conspiracy theory about the Kennedy assassination.

However, according to John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories (which doesn't mention Ramparts at all):

Among conspiracy theorists, Mark Lane has been described as writing "the first literary shot" with his article, "Defense Brief for Oswald," in the December 19, 1963, edition of the National Guardian.--Jack Upland (talk) 02:11, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] "Secrets". Retrieved 7 September 2014.

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