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The Weathermen orchestrated a string of bombings, called for the "Days of Rage" in Chicago, were in a vanguard of a more widespread anti-war movement that saw National Guard troops on the campuses, the Pentagon under siege by protesters including hippies who vowed to levitate it, and the infamous Chicago 7 trial. Whether the protest movement hastened the end of the Vietnam War is hard to say, but it is likely that Lyndon Johnson's decision not to run for re-election was influenced by the climate it helped to create.

For the Aspen Times Weekly Aspen High School students and other protesters picketing the underground nuclear blast in Rulison in the spring of 1970. Courtesy Jay Cowan   This past Mayday marked the 50th anniversary of what was one of the last effective mass protests in Washington D.C. before the Black Lives Matter rally nearly half a century later. Demonstrators from all over the country convened for large-scale civil disobedience actions aimed at interfering with business as usual in the nation’s capitol. I was 18 in 1971, a year out of Aspen High School and imminently draftable. People h...

BOE’s Repeated Failure to Select Early Voting Site for Troy Voters a Violation of State Law AG James Seeks Court Order for Accessible Site for June 2021 Primary     NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a lawsuit against the Rensselaer County Board of Elections (BOE) and its commissioners, Jason Schofield and Edward McDonough, for failing to provide voters in Rensselaer County with adequate and equitable access to early voting poll sites, as required by the New York’s Early Voting law . The lawsuit — filed in the Rensselaer County Supreme Court...

Help Save People's World The economic crisis has hit People's World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Documentary ‘The Boys Who Said No!’ recalls anti-draft, anti-war movement March 17, 2021 1:15 PM CDT By Eric A. Gordon A highly effective and moving new documentary about the young American men who refused to be sucked into the maw of the Selective Service System during the Vietnam War has just appeared. The Boys Who Said No!: Draft Resistance and the Vietnam War is fea...

An ale-inclusive look into Columbia’s campus bar scene An ale-inclusive look into Columbia’s campus bar scene Noelle Hunter / Staff Illustrator From the Beat Poets to Tom Cruise to Eddie Murphy, Columbia’s campus bars have hosted all sorts of people from all walks of life. By Noah Sheidlower | January 19, 2021, 11:41 PM The black-and-white checkerboard floors, exposed brick walls, red leather booths, and shining red lights displaying “MEL’S.” The dartboard, wooden chairs, and the cramped and dark interior of 1020. The long bar counter, antique light fixtures, and abstract pa...