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Martin H. Peretz (/ p ə ˈ r ɛ t s /; born December 6, 1938) is an American former magazine publisher and Harvard University assistant professor. In 1974, he purchased The New Republic, and he later assumed editorial control of the magazine.
Jul 18, 2023 · In his new book ‘The Controversialist’ Martin Peretz, the former publisher of The New Republic magazine, shows his disdain toward American Jews who hide or marginalize their Jewishness, and his uncompromising support for Israel.
- Itamar Rabinovich
May 14, 2024 · Peretz’s lifelong and persistent bigotry is an outgrowth of his vision of an orderly society where the rich form a beneficent ruling class basking in the gratitude of the lower orders.
Oct 2, 2023 · For nearly four decades, Peretz (everyone calls him Marty) was the kibitzing, buttinsky publisher and editor in chief of The New Republic, which was the most vital opinion magazine in America for...
Jul 31, 2023 · PERETZ, AS HE TELLS US, STARTED as a young man of the Left, involved in both the anti-Vietnam War movement and the struggle for civil rights led by Martin Luther King Jr. One of his earliest efforts was to create and fund an event called the National Conference for New Politics, held in Chicago in late August 1967.
Jul 11, 2023 · The Controversialist by Martin Perez (July 11, 2023, 386 pages) is Peretz’ memoir about his life, primarily the nearly forty years he spent at the helm of the New Republic magazine.
Jul 7, 2023 · Mr. Peretz, now 84, was the publisher and editor in chief of the New Republic from 1974 until 2011, when he relinquished all links with his once-storied magazine after writing a...
