Category Archives: Paul Goodman

War Resisters League

Posted on July 27, 2017 by

“The War Resisters League (WRL) is the oldest secular pacifist organization in the United States. Founded in 1923 by men and women who had opposed World War I, it is a section of the London-based War Resisters’ International. It continues … Continue reading →

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“The whole world is watching”

Posted on June 29, 2017 by

“‘The whole world is watching’ was a chant by antiwar demonstrators outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel the evening of August 28 during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The event was broadcast from taped footage on the night of … Continue reading →

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Theodore Roszak – The Making of a Counter Culture (1969)

Posted on June 13, 2017 by

“When it was published twenty-five years ago, this book captured a huge audience of Vietnam War protesters, dropouts, and rebels—and their baffled elders. Theodore Roszak found common ground between 1960s student radicals and hippie dropouts in their mutual rejection of … Continue reading →

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