Category Archives: No Nukes

1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash

Posted on January 23, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“On 21 January 1968, an aircraft accident, sometimes known as the Thule affair or Thule accident (/ˈtuːli/; Danish: Thuleulykken), involving a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber occurred near Thule Air Base in the Danish territory of Greenland. The … Continue reading →

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The Four Stages of the Antiwar Movement

Posted on November 17, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Antiwar demonstrators in Washington in October, 1967. “The Vietnam antiwar movement, famous for its sound and fury, deserves credit for more. We were the first mass movement against a war in American history and one of its great moral crusades, … Continue reading →

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War Resisters League

Posted on October 15, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The War Resisters League (WRL) is the oldest secular pacifist organization in the United States. The organization is celebrating its centennial from the founding date of October 19 into 2024. … During World War II, many members were labeled conscientious … Continue reading →

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E.P. Thompson

Posted on March 15, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Edward Palmer Thompson (3 February 1924 – 28 August 1993) was an English historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner. He is best known today for his historical work on the radical movements in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, … Continue reading →

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Project Plowshare

Posted on July 6, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The 1962 “Sedan” plowshares shot displaced 12 million tons of earth and created a crater 320 feet (98 m) deep and 1,280 feet (390 m) wide “Project Plowshare was the overall United States program for the development of techniques to use nuclear … Continue reading →

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Stewart Brand

Posted on May 19, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Stewart Brand (born December 14, 1938) is an American writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog. He founded a number of organizations, including The WELL, the Global Business Network, and the Long Now Foundation. He is the … Continue reading →

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Anti-nuclear movement in the United States

Posted on December 25, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Women Strike for Peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. “The anti-nuclear movement in the United States consists of more than 80 anti-nuclear groups that oppose nuclear power, nuclear weapons, and/or uranium mining. These have included the Abalone Alliance, … Continue reading →

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Sierra Club

Posted on September 5, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Sierra Club is an environmental organization in the United States and in two U.S. Territories, namely Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. … Traditionally associated with the progressive movement, the club was one of the first large-scale environmental preservation organizations … Continue reading →

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The Tyranny of Structurelessness – Jo Freeman

Posted on August 26, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Jo Freeman, University of Chicago Student “Throughout the recent revival of socialist politics, socialist feminists have worked to ensure that their ideas are at the center of the ascendant movement — emphasizing, for example, the economic dimension of abortion access … Continue reading →

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Amnesty International

Posted on July 17, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is a non-governmental organization with its headquarters in the United Kingdom focused on human rights. The organization says it has more than eight million members and supporters around the world. The … Continue reading →

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Partisan Coffee House

Posted on December 18, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The exterior of the Partisan, and coffee and conversation inside. “It was once the home of radical talk, where subversive thinking was encouraged and a cup of trademark mediocre coffee came with a complementary side-order of socialist discourse. London’s Partisan … Continue reading →

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William Sloane Coffin

Posted on January 16, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Rev. William Sloane Coffin, center, followed by his sister Mary Lindsey, left, arrives at the Federal Building in Boston in this May 20, 1968 file photo. Coffin and four others including Dr. Benjamin Spock were preparing to go on trial … Continue reading →

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Jo Freeman

Posted on September 22, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Jo Freeman (born August 26, 1945) is an American feminist, political scientist, writer and attorney. As a student at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1960s, she became active in organizations working for civil liberties and the civil rights … Continue reading →

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The Art and Activism of Grace Paley

Posted on June 29, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Paley’s fiction is peopled with the politically minded but it never preaches. “There’s a case to be made that Grace Paley was first and foremost an antinuclear, antiwar, antiracist feminist activist who managed, in her spare time, to become one … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Schell

Posted on June 26, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Jonathan Edward Schell (August 21, 1943 – March 25, 2014) was an American author and visiting fellow at Yale University, whose work primarily dealt with campaigning against nuclear weapons. His work appeared in The Nation, The New Yorker, and TomDispatch. … Continue reading →

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Student Peace Union

Posted on June 14, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Student Peace Union (SPU) was a nationwide student organization active on college campuses in the United States from 1959 to 1964. Its national headquarters were located near the campus of the University of Chicago. The SPU was founded by Ken … Continue reading →

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The Theology of Consensus – L.A. Kauffman

Posted on May 14, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Quakers Demonstrating Outside the White House “Consensus decision-making, a process in which groups come to agreement without voting, has been a central feature of direct action movements for nearly forty years, from the anti-nuclear movement of the 1970s to the … Continue reading →

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Dr. Benjamin Spock

Posted on November 21, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903 – March 15, 1998) was an American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care (1946) is one of the best-sellers of all time. The book’s premise to mothers is that ‘you know more than … Continue reading →

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Peace Action

Posted on October 1, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Peace Action is a peace organization whose focus is on preventing the deployment of nuclear weapons in space, thwarting weapons sales to countries with human rights violations, and promoting a new United States foreign policy based on common security and … Continue reading →

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Green politics

Posted on August 20, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Green politics (also known as ecopolitics) is a political ideology that aims to create an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice, and grassroots democracy. It began taking shape in the western world in the 1970s; since then … Continue reading →

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No Nukes: Women for Peace 1961

Posted on June 20, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Peace and Justice History, “This Week in Peace History,” November 1, 1961 50,000 U.S. women protested above ground nuclear testing, and formed Women Strike for Peace “On November 1, 1961, women across the United States — homemakers and factory workers, … Continue reading →

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