I dropped out of Lehigh and enlisted. When I came back it was just in
time to see Nixon abolish the draft, and to see any trace of anti-war
fervor disappear within moments afterward. Folks who had been in SDS
were suddenly selling insurance in their spare time or striking affluent
poses to amuse the women who'd just arrived on campus. There was lots
more war to go, but the movement had achieved what appeared to be its
actual goal, which was to keep "us folks" out of the draft, out of the
trenches, and out of the way of any real solidarity with those who
suffered in this country or abroad.
--Kevin
TED MORGAN wrote:
> Jim Cummins writes:
> >The sixties were responsible for the civil rights movement, which
> made a
> >big difference in the South, and even to some degree in the rest of
> the
> >country. The rest of it was of little consequence, mainly because it
> was
> >just wrong.
>
> The rest of this went, uh, right over my head. But, do tell, in what
> way WAS
> the "rest of it" (antiwar movement, women's movement, student
> movement,
> ecology movement, etc.) of "little consequence?" To say nothing of
> wrong.
> Have to say, the antiwar movement was 100% right; the war was an
> immoral act
> of national aggression by our government. Period.
> Ted Morgan
>
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