Word: anti-vietnam
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...argue that only by challenging absolutely every social norm—especially bedtime and eating routines—can a university produce the new progressive ideas that put it at the forefront of its goal to move society forward. Could it be that the civil rights movement and the anti-Vietnam War campaign of the 1970s are cut from the same cloth as the late night pizza run and the surprisingly-alcoholic Scorpion Bowl?For the sake of humanity, let’s hope not. Late-night thinking may have produced the keg-stand and the Taco Bell ad that...
This King burst onto the scene most spectacularly in 1967 in an anti-Vietnam War speech that won him not monuments or holidays, but disparaging criticism. As U.S. Cold War posturing and Vietnam militarism derailed the support of the black freedom struggles of the 1960s, King began to see that America’s global imperialism, obsessive pursuit of free market capitalism, and white supremacy are intimately intertwined and connected to each other. Reconciling his profoundly humanist sentiments with the reality of modern racism, capitalism, and imperialism, King saw black civil rights as merely a prelude to the larger struggle...
Although he was not the first musician to write protest songs, as an advocate of the Civil Rights and Anti-Vietnam movements, Dylan made it “cool” to write politically motivated lyrics...
...eclipsed demand, Sinclair Broadcasting Group may be sacrificing financial health for partisan gain by airing Stolen Honor: The Wounds that Never Heal on up to 62 of its networks in swing states. The film, which enthusiastically picks up where the anti-Kerry group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth left off, criticizes the Senator’s anti-Vietnam activism and alleges that it jeopardized the safety of American troops in captivity...
...only film that could be considered to have swayed a vote, McElwee notes, was Peter Davis’ 1974 anti-Vietnam polemic Hearts and Minds, which fueled the anti-war movement before that year’s Congressional midterm elections...