Category Archives: Peace talks

Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors

Posted on March 25, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) was a United States nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people avoid or resist military conscription or seek discharge after voluntary enlistment. It was active in supporting conscientious objectors (‘CO’s’), war resisters and draft … Continue reading →

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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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WIN magazine

Posted on April 15, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… This is the first issue of the War Resisters League’s newest expression of our oldest practice: nonviolence. Although this latest incarnation is new, WIN magazine is not. The Workshop in Nonviolence (WIN), a direct action group in New York … Continue reading →

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My Time as a Vietnam War-era Conscientious Objector

Posted on April 9, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Conscientious objector William White being dragged from his home in Sydney after being arrested, 1966 “When I chose to apply for conscientious objector status in 1969 during the height of the Vietnam War, I was a teenager and in a … Continue reading →

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History of War Tax Resistance

Posted on January 14, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Writers and Editors War Tax ad as it appeared in 1968 Ramparts magazine. “… War tax resistance gained nationwide publicity when Joan Baez announced in 1964 her refusal to pay 60 percent of her 1963 income taxes because of 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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Burning Draft Cards (November 19, 1965)

Posted on December 8, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Seldom does there occur a liturgical ceremony more impressive than the draft-card burning which took place in Manhattan’s Union Square November 6. Through the opening poems chanted by the only bearded speaker of the day, through the homilies delivered by … Continue reading →

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Decent interval

Posted on September 24, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Henry Kissinger and President Richard Nixon discussing the Vietnam situation in Camp David, 1972. “Decent interval is a theory regarding the end of the Vietnam War which argues that from 1971 or 1972, the Nixon Administration abandoned the goal of … Continue reading →

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Buddhist crisis

Posted on May 8, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Buddhist crisis (Vietnamese: Biến cố Phật giáo) was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietnamese government and a campaign of … Continue reading →

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W. S. Merwin

Posted on July 25, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“William Stanley Merwin (born September 30, 1927) is an American poet, credited with over fifty books of poetry, translation and prose. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin’s unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration. In the 1980s and … Continue reading →

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North Vietnam Had an Antiwar Movement, Too

Posted on August 26, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The North Vietnamese Communist Party leader Le Duan strengthened the “counter counterrevolutionary” campaign to quell dissent against the war. “When we think back to the signal events of the antiwar movement in 1967, we recall the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther … Continue reading →

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The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Protest, 1965-1975 by Tom Hayden

Posted on July 14, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The era of protest against Vietnam – 1965-75 – was unique as the emergence of a nationwide peace movement on a scale not seen before in American history. There were previous war resisters, for example, the Society of Friends, the … Continue reading →

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Phạm Văn Đồng

Posted on June 27, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Phạm Văn Đồng ( listen; 1 March 1906 – 29 April 2000) was a Vietnamese politician who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976 and, following unification, as Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1976 until he retired … Continue reading →

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