I was at the Democratic Convention. It was a quite an experience in many ways. My chief take-way from 1968 is that though the Viet Cong were Communists, the domino theory was insufficient reason to do what all we did there. I have pointed out the the Viet Cong were not keen to annihilate anybody, like Hamas; only to run the country as they saw fit.
I was at the Democratic Convention. It was a quite an experience in many ways. My chief take-way from 1968 is that though the Viet Cong were Communists, the domino theory was insufficient reason to do what all we did there. I have pointed out the the Viet Cong were not keen to annihilate anybody, like Hamas; only to run the country as they saw fit.
I was a 16-year-old summer volunteer at the office of Scientists and Engineers for [Eugene] McCarthy in Baltimore. Nixon nominated Spiro Agnew (Marylanders already knew he was corrupt) at the convention. The college students who managed the office came back from Chicago bandaged up and on crutches. I have been an active liberal Democrat forever after.
Yes, 1968 was very different from today. Now I ardently support Ukraine in its war for survival. Still, we have to take seriously all the data, all the history, and all the precedents as we gear up to stop the MAGA authoritarian attempt.
Seth Abramson has a new sub-stack on the subject of Right Wing insurrectionists laying the groundwork for another coup by promoting violence at the various schools. I haven't read it yet.
I was 18, a kid in from the suburbs. I was amazed that all these guys with long hair were able to travel. In my world, long hair meant unemployment... .
Let us not forget that the man who became Ho Chi Minh was a worker in the Parker House Hotel in Boston, among other jobs all over the world. He approached the US government for support for their attempts to overthrow colonial rule by the French, using the US foundational documents in his petition, and was rebuffed because of some crazy-ass theory of тАЬcommunismтАЭ that was rampant in the 1950s US. And then ... for the want of a nail...
I was at the Democratic Convention. It was a quite an experience in many ways. My chief take-way from 1968 is that though the Viet Cong were Communists, the domino theory was insufficient reason to do what all we did there. I have pointed out the the Viet Cong were not keen to annihilate anybody, like Hamas; only to run the country as they saw fit.
Fun Fact:Charlie Sykes was at the 68 convention. (he was 13).And his dad was a McCarthy man.
I was a 16-year-old summer volunteer at the office of Scientists and Engineers for [Eugene] McCarthy in Baltimore. Nixon nominated Spiro Agnew (Marylanders already knew he was corrupt) at the convention. The college students who managed the office came back from Chicago bandaged up and on crutches. I have been an active liberal Democrat forever after.
Yes, 1968 was very different from today. Now I ardently support Ukraine in its war for survival. Still, we have to take seriously all the data, all the history, and all the precedents as we gear up to stop the MAGA authoritarian attempt.
I saw another Bulwark reply that said hopefully there won't be any protests by convention time.Trumpster would love that.(Mr. crimefighter himself)
Seth Abramson has a new sub-stack on the subject of Right Wing insurrectionists laying the groundwork for another coup by promoting violence at the various schools. I haven't read it yet.
I was 18, a kid in from the suburbs. I was amazed that all these guys with long hair were able to travel. In my world, long hair meant unemployment... .
I was 14. Quite an impressionable year!
Let us not forget that the man who became Ho Chi Minh was a worker in the Parker House Hotel in Boston, among other jobs all over the world. He approached the US government for support for their attempts to overthrow colonial rule by the French, using the US foundational documents in his petition, and was rebuffed because of some crazy-ass theory of тАЬcommunismтАЭ that was rampant in the 1950s US. And then ... for the want of a nail...
Yes, he was quite a guy. I was just reading that be used as many as 200 aliases--but, of course, that was Wikipedia....
ThereтАЩs a great documentary on him on PBS. I think it might be a Frontline. Worth a look.
And the first line of their declaration of independence quoted the US declaration of independence.
https://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5139/