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Video: Vietnam Peace Marches 1965 – 1972

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April 18, 1967: protest in Central Park, march to UN building, Martin Luther King leads procession; another march in downtown San Francisco: “President Johnson meanwhile let it be known that the FBI is closely watching all anti-war activity.” violence in Rome

October 24, 1967March on the Pentagon

New York City 1967

Sir No Sir! : The Suppressed Story of the GI Movement to End the War in Vietnam

Protests Galore – May 1967: Vietnam protest demonstration in Britain; also at Madrid University in Spain, burned American flag; also 4000 in Detroit at “love-in” and “be-in” with hippies and wild constumes (2) News In Brief – U.S. jet bombers hit North Vietnam targets (3) May Day parade in Moscow, Premier Kosygin

 

 

Audio: Mario Savio – “place your bodies upon the gears” Speech

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Hear Mario Savio, a key member in the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. He is most famous for his passionate speech “place your bodies upon the gears” address delivered December 2, 1964, at The University of California at Berkeley

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The FSM and the Six Year War, 1964-70.  By  Arleigh Williams: Dean of Students (online book)

Audio: Dr. Benjamin Spock in Berkeley 1968

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Recorded at Berkeley Community Theater, 4 Feb. 1968. Talk on the charges against Spock for conspiring to aid, abet, and counsel young men to resist the draft…

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Audio: Sproul Hall Sit-in 1968

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Recorded: at University of California, Berkeley. Description: anti-war demonstration at the Berkeley campus. Length: 2 recordings (110 min.)…

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