Also, last night I watched "The Movement and the Madman" on "American Experience" on PBS... about the organizing of the 1969 Vietnam Moratorium and how it prevented Nixon from carrying out his plan to nuke Vie…
Also, last night I watched "The Movement and the Madman" on "American Experience" on PBS... about the organizing of the 1969 Vietnam Moratorium and how it prevented Nixon from carrying out his plan to nuke Vietnam. It's a graduate class in grassroots organizing. Makes me proud I was there. (Saw a few old comrades in the video!)
A major take-home from the experience was said to be that even though it seemed like nothing was changing in Nixon's policies, but the impact of the movement - even that early - was enormous. The participants never knew that until years later when the full history was revealed.
I highly recommend it, Keep your eye out for it, or look for it on PBS Passport.
Another technique that was crucial to building the early anti-war movement among students (which I was at the time) were the Teach-Ins that proliferated across hundreds of campuses in the late '60s.
Of course, the murders at Kent State and Jackson State did more to galvanize the student movement than anything else. Nowadays, sadly, it seems like it takes a lot more bodies to get politicians' attention.
Susan: The French left has been a master of this for decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_68
I see that Daniel Cohn-Bendit is still alive.
Also, last night I watched "The Movement and the Madman" on "American Experience" on PBS... about the organizing of the 1969 Vietnam Moratorium and how it prevented Nixon from carrying out his plan to nuke Vietnam. It's a graduate class in grassroots organizing. Makes me proud I was there. (Saw a few old comrades in the video!)
A major take-home from the experience was said to be that even though it seemed like nothing was changing in Nixon's policies, but the impact of the movement - even that early - was enormous. The participants never knew that until years later when the full history was revealed.
I highly recommend it, Keep your eye out for it, or look for it on PBS Passport.
Another technique that was crucial to building the early anti-war movement among students (which I was at the time) were the Teach-Ins that proliferated across hundreds of campuses in the late '60s.
Of course, the murders at Kent State and Jackson State did more to galvanize the student movement than anything else. Nowadays, sadly, it seems like it takes a lot more bodies to get politicians' attention.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teach-in