A look back at the anti-Vietnam War movement in US

struggle4progress

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Thu Mar-31-05 07:16 PM
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A look back at the anti-Vietnam War movement in US

<snip> By 1967 the antiwar movement had grown dramatically. Joining the opponents of the war were millions of Americans who believed that the US government had made a tragic mistake in attempting to wage a war in Vietnam.

The movement reached its height on November 15, 1969 when more than 250,000 protesters gathers in Washington DC in the largest-ever demonstration to occur during the Vietnam War.

Protesters represented over 36 different anti-war groups, with 150 people arrested. Many of the protesters were clubbed with nightsticks, some were sprayed with tear gas, and one was even thrown into a 10-foot wall. <snip>

http://www.thanhniennews.com/features/?catid=10&newsid=5886

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RaleighNCDUer

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Thu Mar-31-05 07:45 PM
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1. What will today's anti-war movement look like, four year into it? n/t

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renaissanceguy

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Mon Apr-11-05 10:50 AM
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3. We're already starting to see it.

More and more people are realizing that this war was based on LIES.

HELL NO, WE WON'T GO.

http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues/479704

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Dancing_Dave

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Tue Apr-05-05 01:43 AM
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2. So we see that this kind of thing takes time...

You have to create a whole groovy counter-culture, and persist in spite of all set-backs (such as Nixon's election in 1968), and eventually we CAN succeed! :)

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