Antiwar+Collage+NOTES

ANTIWAR MOVEMENT
 * As more and more American soldiers went to fight to Vietnam, more Americans protested against the war. People opposed war because it was wrong and expensive; it was personal too, there was use of chemical weapons. Protesters they said it was not our war, they said it was unwinnable/pointless
 * Supporters of the war saw it as a brave U.S. effort to stop communism
 * Hippies (protested against anything, society in general), college students, yippies (more political), SDS, SPU (Student Peace Union), VVAW
 * Some people burned themselves, burning draft cards, posters, rallies, buttons and music was used to protest
 * Not unified movement
 * Turning point in 1968

EXCERPTS FROM PROTEST SONGS

"He blesses the boys as they stand in line The smell of gun grease and their bayonets they shine He's there to help them all that he can To make them feel wanted he's a good holy man Sky pilot.....sky pilot How high can you fly You'll never, never, ever reach the sky" ~Sky Pilot by The Animals

"Can't stand it no more The people dying Crying for help for so many years But nobody hears Better end soon my friend It better end soon my friend" ~It Better End Soon by Chicago

Joe McDonald (1965)
====Well, Come On All Of You, Big Strong Men, ====

Way Down Yonder In Vietnam
====So Put Down Your Books And Pick Up A Gun, ====

We're Gonna Have A Whole Lotta Fun.
 **__It Better End Soon __**  Robert Lamm-Terry Kath (1969)

Can't Stand It No More The People Dying Crying For Help For So Many Years But Nobody Hears Better End Soon My Friend It Better End Soon My Friend Can't Take It No More The People Hating Hurting Their Brothers They Don't Understand They Can't Understand Better End Soon My Friend It Better End Soon

** What were methods used to protest? **

 * A national "mobilization" in November sent 200,000 people marching down the mall in Washington to the Pentagon in protest

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 * Teach-ins at universities and meetings at churches spread the message to a wider public.
 * The young men who opposed drafts, protested by burning their draft cards.
 * Many doves (people who didn't support the war) staged marches of their own.

** Positive Reactions: **

 * Some people thought that it was brave of the U.S.'s effort to stop communism.


 * "North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States, only Americans can do that." ~President Kennedy


 * <span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">We are giving aid and comfort to the enemies who are killing our soldiers, if we protest


 * <span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">It is our duty to stop communism from taking over the war

**Quotes:**
<span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;"> "Anyone who protests the war is protesting against them"

Who Protested?


 * <span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Students, writers, pacifists, clergy members, and even some disillusioned Vietnam veterans, who used demonstrations, parades, and sit-ins to force politicians to recognize that the war was unpopular.


 * <span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Antiwar feeling grew among Americans at home. Religious leaders, civil rights leaders, teachers, students, journalists, and other protested the war for a variety of reasons.

<span style="color: #0dc53e; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">
 * <span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Hippies, SDS, SPU, VVAW, and Yippies

** Why did people protest? **

 * <span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">U.S. efforts to save South Vietnam from communism, the protesters claimed, was a dubious cause and not worth the loss of so many lives.


 * <span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">The methods of fighting the war were immoral


 * <span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Some believed that the U.S. had no business involving itself in another country's civil war


 * <span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">The costs to American society were too high


 * <span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Not our war


 * <span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Chemical weapons


 * <span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">AA Protest


 * <span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Draft


 * <span style="color: #f50a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Expensive