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The closest campus protest movement to the current one was against the Vietnam War, and people didn't quickly forget it.
by smt88 3y ago
The closest campus protest movement to the current one was against the Vietnam War, and people didn't quickly forget it.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> closest campus protest movement to the current one was against the Vietnam War The Student Strike of 1970 was an order of magnitude larger than today's Gaza protests, 900+ campuses participating [1] versus around 50 [2]. It was also culturally accentuated by the Kent State shootings [3] and draft. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_strike_of_1970 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_strike_of_1970 [2] https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-college-pro-palestine-protests-map/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-college-pro-palestin... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings