antiwar+movement

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-MLK was just assassinated. This shook the country and he was antiwar, pushing for peace. This lead to a breakout of protest around the country. The election convention for presidency got violent, many protesters showed up wanting peace to occur.

-Before the tet offense the american people thought the US could win this war, but after the tides changed. Even though the tet offense was a US victory it reviled terrible picture of what the US troops were doing and info came out turning peole to Antiwar. The civil rights movement and the counterculture, stirring away from mainstream america, attracted many young americans. They all had views of a violent free world. A world without hatred or prejudice. They then question the Vitenam war.

-They thought that taking communism away from South Vietnam was a lost cause. They argued that it was not worth loosing all of these american lives.

3 WAYS

-There were teach ins. It was patterned after sit-ins as a way of social protest. It combined protest with education. It was to spread a message to the public.

-Students were often involved. They would do peaceful things to get their point across. They would not give up, they surrounded a police car and sat down around it. They slept there on the ground.

-There was the largest protest, Moratorium to end the war. This got campus and others across the US to join in this protest. 100,000 gathered in Boston to listen to senator Mcgovern. THey did things like reading the names of those who died in Vietnam, marches, rallies, discussions, church services and candlelight processions.

GROUPS

-Hippies was a big group of protesters. They were young people who wanted world peace and equality. They had long hair, jean jackets, sandals and beads and peace symbols. They listen to the Beatles and the Rolling stones. They were radically different form the older generation.

-There was the Yippies They were the Youth INternational party. They are known for their antiwar riots outside of The presidential convention in chicago. The core members were the chicago 7.

-There was the weathemen who advocated violent protests. They were a radical function of the SDS. The promoted an armed struggle, they thought it was the only way to transform american society.

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"you can be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box"

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