Category Archives: History

Audio: 1968 Columbia University Student Strike

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Students at Columbia University intensified the anti-Vietnam War movement on April 23, 1968 by starting a revolt against the school administration seizing campus buildings and barricading themselves for days. Eventually the police moved in with military-style force, injuring 140 and arresting more than 700 participants…

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Audio: Madame Nguyen Thi Binh 1966

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An Interview with Madame Nguyen Thi Binh by Madeline Duckles ; Recorded in Vienna, Oct. 1966. Head of the N.L.F. delegation to the Paris peace talks discusses the war in Vietnam and her efforts to end it…

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Audio: Is Draft Resistance the Answer? Berkeley 1968

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Is Draft Resistance The Answer? David Harris, Joan Baez, Ira Sandperl. Three speeches calling for draft resistance to help end U.S. invlovement in the Vietnam War. RECORDED at Wheeler Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley, 9 Nov. 1968. BROADCAST: KPFA, 15 Nov. 1968

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John wells at Noon Rally – Berkeley 1968

Oliver Hirsch and Malcolm Dundas 1968

Audio: Soldiers Question War – Feb 1968

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REPORT FROM FT. JACKSON, SOUTH CAROLINA. Documentary from interviews of soldiers who question American policy in Vietnam. – BROADCAST: WBAI, 26 Feb. 1968. (42 min.)…

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