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Unlike the protests at the Democratic Convention in Chicago in August 1968 which led to a police riot, the Moratorium marches on October 15 were completely peaceful, attended by families and people of all ages and faiths, with the main theme being grief and sorrow over the war, instead of anger and rage. [7]
An anti-Vietnam War protest in Netherlands in July 1966. February – a group of about 100 veterans attempted to return their military decorations to the White House in protest of the war, but were turned back. March 26 – anti-war demonstrations were held around the country and the world, with 20,000 taking part in New York City.
May 12. Twelve young men in New York publicly burn their draft cards to protest the war – the first such act of war resistance. [5] [6] Fall. Free Speech Movement at the University of California at Berkeley defends the right of students to carry out political organizing on campus. Founder: Mario Savio. Early August.
The 1967 March on the Pentagon was a massive demonstration against the Vietnam War that took place on October 21, 1967. The event began with more than 100,000 protesters at a rally near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C..
The nationwide student anti-war strike of 1970 was a massive outpouring of anti-Vietnam War protests that erupted in May of 1970 in response to the expansion of the war into neighboring Cambodia. The strike began on May 1 with walk-outs from college and high school classrooms on nearly 900 campuses across the United States. [1]
California's Republicans and Democrats rush to create legislation in response to college campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war. 55 years after Reagan took on Berkeley, Newsom stays in the ...
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. In all, more than 12,000 people were arrested, in what was the largest mass arrest ...
The Presidio mutiny was the first of a number of protests and riots that drew attention to anti-war dissent within the military. [1] The Presidio 27 were supported broadly within the growing anti-Vietnam War movement. The case also brought press investigation of the conditions at the stockade [7] and of the situations of the protesters.