We will hear from many activists who participated in the protest 50 years ago. This is about one hour and 15 minutes. I just want to say three things about the program. I will give it to you and terms of numbers. The first number is 1967. You know that we are here because of the demonstration at the pentagon and the draft resistance. Because of the resistance of the vietnamese, the growing opinion of the war. Johnson, mcnamara and west allnew that the work could not be one. It dragged on for another eight years. Public opinion with the work itself could have convinced them to stop it if johnson and company had stopped it in 1967 the massacre would not have happened. The democrats would have been elected. Kent state would not have happened. Behold what of history ebola of history would not have happened. Of to mention the millions lives that were killed after 1967. It is a shame, 14,000 u. S. Soldiers who died in 1967 had Public Opinion taken seriously by johnson. This work that have be
Thing 22 different times. In high school when you have to be in class eight hours a day and you want to be in a sport and you get home at 8 00 and you terry the democrats would have been elected. Kent state would not have happened. Ellsberg would i have faced 105 years in jail. A whole lot of other history would be different if this war had been stopped, not to mention the thousands and millions of lives that were killed after 1967. It is a shame 14,000 u. S. Ondiers died in 1967, when 58,000. Went on to this war could have been over and history could have been seriously changed. We remember 1967 for that. Panels one and two talk about the context and digitization of the Antiwar Movement that could have made a lot of this dihi different had that happen. The next number is 50. Here we are 50 years later, and art has the summer of love on its culture. This is a change. Npr on july 1 said if you are member this, you werent there. [laughter] much i assume means too drinking, drugs, and may
Coming up next, contributors and editors from the book the people make the piece, lessons from the vietnam Antiwar Movement, discuss their personal experiences and that movement. The Mennonite Central Committee United Nations Office Hosted this event. Welcome, everybody. Welcome to the book launch for the people make the piece, lessons from the vietnam Antiwar Movement. Hi, my name is doug hofstetter. Of thee director Mennonite Central Committee. United nations office. I actually got my start during the Antiwar Movement here with the United Methodists office, which is donating this room today. Me methodists actually hired right after i came back from vietnam doing my alternative service there with the Mennonite Central Committee in the middle of the war, in the middle of a war zone, helping children learn to read and write their own language. I wanted to also announced to everyone that we have a number of cameras here in the room. Cspan is covering it. So, when we get to questions and
This is a 90 minute event. Welcome, everybody. Welcome to the book launch for the people make the piece, lessons from the vietnam Antiwar Movement. Hi, my name is doug hofstetter. I am the director of the Mennonite Central Committee. United nations office. I actually got my start during the Antiwar Movement here with the United Methodists office, which is donating this room today. The methodists actually hired me right after i came back from vietnam doing my alternative service there with the Mennonite Central Committee in the middle of the war, in the middle of a war zone, helping children learn to read and write their own language. I wanted to also announced to everyone that we have a number of cameras here in the room. Cspan is covering it. So, when we get to questions and answers i will ask you to wait until the microphone comes to you so that you can be heard by the audience that will be watching on Television Later on. Thank you very much and welcome to todays launch. [applause]
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