CBS News: 200,000 at Washington Peace march (4/24/1971 ... John Kerry speaks and John Denver sings)

[hadrons]

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Huge protest were still going on

[era veteran]

1. OUT NOW

I was there. We were so young. How did bush happen?

[jwirr]

2. How did any of it happen after RR. We knew better. I am crying because

I am not sure we will ever agree to put an end to war.

[suzanner]

3. I couldn't be there as I was struggling to afford college..

but it was a special time... I note the importance of music and the kind of music. The end of the war- once Walter Cronkite changed his mind and said so on TV- seemed endlessly impossible but came finally and relatively quickly. We need to continue to publicize the collateral damage this time. Parents need to teach their children.

Mohandas K. Gandhi:
The Roots of Violence:
Wealth without work,
Pleasure without conscience,
Knowledge without character,
Commerce without morality,
Science without humanity,
Worship without sacrifice,
Politics without principles.

[denem]

4. JK: "we come back on the day that they vote ... taking them to task at the polls"

And they didn't. The youth vote failed to materialize in 1972, as indeed it usually does, while those over 65, with the time and the inclination, were and are a sure bet.

The New Left and the Counterculture, were shaky foundations on which to build a new coalition for the Democratic Party. When Reagan turned up with a 'new dawn' and a fist full of dollars, they collapsed, leaving only the true believers behind, ready to vote Nader in 2000.

[wyldwolf]

6. a quick summary, but correct.

[HughBeaumont]

5. Glad to see we've learned so much from our leaders past.

:eyes:

And we're still doing this. And we are seemingly NEVER going to kick our addiction to hyper-capitalist militarism, no matter if it renders our country insolvent or not. The Pentasewer MUST have it's bloodshed at a substantial profit margin.

[newmac]

7. BTW; this broadcast is now 38 Light Years out from the Earth.....

And who or what might be analyzing the signal....?