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Protest against the Vietnam War in Amsterdam in April 1968. Protests against the Vietnam War took place in the 1960s and 1970s. The protests were part of a movement in opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War. The majority of the protests were in the United States, but some took place around the world.
The 1971 May Day protests against the Vietnam War were a series of large-scale civil disobedience actions in Washington, D.C., protesting the United States' continuing involvement in the Vietnam War. The protests began on Monday morning, May 3 and ended on May 5.
A Vietnam War veteran throwing his medal at the US Capitol An anti-Vietnam War protest in Washington D.C., on April 24, 1971 A rally in support of the Vietnamese people at the Moskvitch factory in 1973. April 23 – Vietnam veterans threw away over 700 medals on the West Steps of the Capitol building. The next day, anti-war organizers claimed ...
Vietnam Veteran Throwing Medal at the U.S. Capital. On April 23, 1971 Vietnam Veterans Against the War staged what was arguably "one of the most dramatic and influential events of the antiwar movement" as hundreds of Vietnam veterans, dressed in combat fatigues and well worn uniforms, stepped up, and angrily, one after another for three straight hours, hurled their military medals, ribbons ...
On October 21, 1967 the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam started the protest with a rally at the Lincoln Memorial. The attendees were socially diverse ranging from middle class professionals, clergymen, hippies, and black activists. [5]
The 1965 March against the Vietnam War was an anti-Vietnam War protest that took place in Washington, D.C., on 17 April 1965. [1] History.
During the Vietnam protests, one might have seen a counter-protester calling demonstrators commies. By the 1970s, most Americans opposed the war (though an awful lot also opposed the protests ...
Berkeley campus of the University of California where much of the VDC's actions took place or were organized. The VDC was formed by Jerry Rubin and Stephen Smale between May 21 and May 22, 1965 during a 35‑hour‑long anti-Vietnam war protest that took place inside and around the University of California, Berkeley and attracted over 35,000 people, including Paul Montauk and Stew Albert.