Tag Archives: Philip Berrigan

Howard Zinn Carried Out an Act of Radical Diplomacy in the Middle of the Vietnam War

Posted on August 30, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Howard Zinn (left) and Daniel Berrigan (right) in Hanoi, Vietnam, in February 1968. “A ‘rare act in the great madness of this war’ was how forty-five-year-old historian Howard Zinn described North Vietnam’s decision to release three American pilots during the … Continue reading →

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Nixon’s Enemies List

Posted on June 18, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘Nixon’s Enemies List’ is the informal name of what started as a list of President of the United States Richard Nixon‘s major political opponents compiled by Charles Colson, written by George T. Bell (assistant to Colson, special counsel to the … Continue reading →

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Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal – Howard Zinn (1967)

Posted on April 25, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Howard Zinn (January 1, 2004) – “[A note of explanation: In the spring of 1967, my book Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal was published by Beacon Press. It was the first book on the war to call for immediate withdrawal, … Continue reading →

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Howard Zinn

Posted on February 4, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and social activist. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote over … Continue reading →

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Aquarius Rising

Posted on September 10, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

A protester at a demonstration against the Vietnam War during the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1968 “Certain years acquire an almost numinous quality in collective memory—1789, 1861, 1914. One of the more recent additions to the list is 1968. Its … Continue reading →

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The Priest Who Practiced Radical Direct Action: Father Daniel J. Berrigan By Bernardine Dohrn

Posted on May 8, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In 1970, we received a ‘Letter from the Underground’ from Father Daniel Berrigan, printed in the New York Review of Books. It was a note from a comrade, for Dan too was a ‘most wanted’ fugitive from the FBI and … Continue reading →

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Mission to Hanoi, 1968

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

Hoa Lo prison (the “Hanoi Hilton”). “In the 1960s, Jesuit priest and poet Daniel Berrigan, his brother Josephite priest Philip Berrigan, and Trappist monk Thomas Merton formed an interfaith coalition against the Vietnam War. In 1967, Philip was arrested for … Continue reading →

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The March on the Pentagon: An Oral History

Posted on October 22, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Anti-Vietnam War demonstrators run up against military police as they attempt to penetrate security lines at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 21, 1967. “The Vietnam War is the only American conflict remembered as much for the opposition it … Continue reading →

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William Kunstler

Posted on September 7, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

William Kunstler and Ramsey Clark in jail at the end of the Attical trial, 1975. “William Moses Kunstler (July 7, 1919 – September 4, 1995) was an American radical lawyer and civil rights activist, known for his politically unpopular clients. Kunstler … Continue reading →

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The Camden 28

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

“The Camden 28 were a group of ‘Catholic left’ anti-Vietnam War activists who in 1971 planned and executed a raid on a Camden, New Jersey draft board. The raid resulted in a high-profile criminal trial of the activists that was … Continue reading →

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