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"A time for greatness" – U.S. presidential campaign theme of John F. Kennedy (Kennedy also used "We Can Do Better" and "Leadership for the 60s"). "Peace, Experience, Prosperity" – Richard Nixon's slogan showing his expertise over Kennedy. [14] "Experience Counts" - Richard Nixon slogan boasting the experience of the Nixon Lodge ticket.
Flower power was a slogan used during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of passive resistance and nonviolence. [1] It is rooted in the opposition movement to the Vietnam War. [2] The expression was coined by the American Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 1965 as a means to transform war protests into peaceful affirmative spectacles.
Better dead than Red – anti-Communist slogan; Black is beautiful – political slogan of a cultural movement that began in the 1960s by African Americans; Black Lives Matter – decentralized social movement that began in 2013 following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African American teen Trayvon Martin; popularized in the United States following 2014 protests in ...
As protests by college students against the war in Gaza continue,Free Press Flashback republishes an account of one of Detroit’s largest peace rallies.More than 13,000 people gathered downtown ...
"Power to the people, 'cause the people want peace" is also chanted on the Public Enemy album New Whirl Odor. Rage Against the Machine quoted the slogan in their song "Year of tha Boomerang". The Jamaican reggae band Rootz Underground wrote a song entitled "Power to the People" in which they quote this slogan in both English and South African ...
People protesting against the Iraq War, 2008 "Make love, not war" is an anti-war slogan commonly associated with the American counterculture of the 1960s.It was used primarily by those who were opposed to the Vietnam War, but has been invoked in other anti-war contexts since, around the world.
The toast refers to the secessionist dispute that began during the Nullification Crisis and it became a slogan against nullification in the ensuing political affair. "Tippecanoe and Tyler too", popular slogan for Whig Party candidates William Henry Harrison and John Tyler in the 1840 U.S. presidential election.
April 22. Mass anti-war demonstrations sponsored by National Peace Action Coalition, People's Coalition for Peace and Justice, and other organizations attracted an estimated 100,000 people in New York City, 12,000 in Los Angeles, 25,000 in San Francisco, and other cities around the U.S. and world. [48] [49] [50] Frankfurt am Main, Germany, May 11.