Anti+War+Notes


 * donPREPARATION FOR ANTIWAR COLLAGE name, name, name**
 * **4** different and detailed reasons **why** **people began to protest the war in Vietnam**
 * Bad example** - People didn't like the draft.
 * Good example** - Many people began to oppose the draft, arguing that it was unfair to the poor or enethical to send men to fight an unnecessary war.

1. The American people saw the devastation of war up close because the media could bring the action into their homes. It was too much for people to see. Violence and bloodshed was too real. People could see and hear the soldiers, guns, and bombs. The war's mission was lost when people were able to really see the suffering. It wasn't worth the human cost.

2. People protested because the war didn't make sense to risk the lives of American soldiers to keep Communism out of South Vietnam. Anti-Communist feelings were waning. The Domino effect of the Communism spreading was losing support.

3. The American people believed the war was morally wrong. The American people were against using chemical weapons like agent orange.

4. Liberals protested because they felt that the best way of stopping the spread of Communism was to promote a democratic government not fight for an authoritarian government like Ngo Dinh Diem.

5. Pacifists were opposed to all wars. This was the peace and love era.

6. Most importantly, people were opposed to the Draft. Lower and middle class people were especially at risk of being drafted because they did not have the connections to defer duty.


 * **3** different and detailed **methods people used to protest** the war


 * Bad example** - People protested.
 * Good example** - On college campuses, professors held "teach-ins". College faculty and students would meet to discuss and larn about the Vietnam War and challenge the government's policies.

1. Americans protested in a non-violent way by picketing government buildings, armories.

2. Groups formed around the country, mostly on college campuses. The SDS, Students for a Democratic Society was led by University of Michigan radicals, marched on the Oakland Army Terminal, the exit point for troops heading to Southeast Asia. The SDS called for a March on Washington to protest the war. The attendance was more than the organizers had imagined.

3. Protest music by artists like Joan Biaz, Bob Dylan, Crosby Stills and Nash and Pete Seger, talked about the devastation of the war and it's effect on American citizens.

4. Draft card burnings held across the country.

5. Norman Morrison, a 31-year old pacifist, poured kerosene on himself and set himself on fire below the window of Secretary of Defense Rober McNamara at the Pentagon.


 * **3** descriptions of **different people or groups of people who protested**the war in Vietnam


 * Bad example** - Hippies protested.
 * Good example** - Hippies were members of the counterculture who rejected many American institutions. One of their biggest targets was the Vietnam War, which went agianst their idea of peace, love, and harmony.

1. Students for a Democratic Society: A college student organization originally not an anti-war group they evolved into a strong protest organization. They were led by radicals from the University of Michigan.

2. Public celebrities: Muhammad Ali declared himself a "conscientious objector" and refused to go to war. He was convicted of draft-dodging, sentenced to 5 years in prison (which was overturned in appeal), stripped of his Heavyweight title and banned from boxing for three years. John Lennon and Yoko Ono were anti-vietnam war protesters.

3. Civil Rights Leaders led marches: Martin Luther King led a march against the war in Chicago in March, 1967.


 * **2** excerpts of **lyrics from Vietnam era protest songs**

to have your boy come home in a box" - //Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag//, Country Joe and the Fish
 * Bad example** - "what are we fighting for"
 * Good example** - "Come on fathers don't hesitate, send your sons off before it's too late, and you can be the first ones on your block

Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside And it is ragin' It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'. BOB DYLAN, //THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN'//

Where have all the young men gone? Long time passing Where have all the young men gone? Long time ago Where have all the young men gone? Gone for soldiers every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time passing Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time ago Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? PETE SEEGER / //WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE//


 * At least **4** different **images that symbolize the antiwar movement** (the images can also go along with the annotations)