Protests Against the Vietnam War

James Baldwin once said, "In any society the most dangerous creation is that there is nothing to lose" (BrainyQuote.com). In the 1960s, "men" were young people throughout the country. The Vietnam War has started completely, students across the country are very angry. Society requires an excuse to resist the boring and safe lifestyle they are familiar with; Vietnam gave them the excuse they needed. Young people from various universities gathered and formed various organizations to protest the Vietnam War for various reasons.

The protest against the Vietnam War took place from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The protest actions were mainly part of the campaign against the Vietnam War in America. (Democratic society student, free speech movement, Jerry Rubin, Abi Hoffman, Young International, Chicago 7). The expanding antiwar movement shocked many of the US government. On August 16, 1966, the House Non-American Activity Committee (HUAC) issued a survey of Americans suspected of assisting the NLF with the aim of enacting legislation to make these activities illegal It was started. Anti-war demonstration team interrupted the meeting and 50 people were arrested

Movements and protests on the participation of the United States in the Vietnam War began to appear in the pacifist and leftist "teachings" on campus, but in 1965 after the United States began normal bombing in North Vietnam It became serious. The anti-war movement like the demo and parade of the people organized by Democratic Social Student (SDS) and Furman University (FUCK) evoked broad support and worldwide attention over the next three years, after the Spring Festival's attack 1968 It peaked at the beginning. Until the 1973 conflict was over, the end of the war was invisible and had no influence yet.

In the United States, student protests are basically a protest against the Vietnam War. After reacting violently to student demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago in the summer of 1968, they began to take seriously. They peaked in a large demonstration in Washington in the spring of 1970. Most protest actions have a strong anti-military color. As they did in World War II, all wars were called "victory", believed to be "victory" and believed unconditioned for the declared enemies, so the military was distrustful was. Completely give up or destroy. In addition, the protesters believe that it is necessary to terminate the war in order to use the words of "Henry Kissinger" to "crush the government's interest in further foreign adventures".

Public high school students in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1965 wore a black armband to protest, and silently protested against the Vietnam War. The students were able to quit school. In principle, the armband is distracting and there is a possibility of bringing danger to students. The Supreme Court did not bite people - they were Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District, and the student was determined to have the right to wear the armband as a form of freedom of speech. This case sets the standards of freedom of speech at school. However, the right of the first revision is not generally applicable to private schools.