IN the 1960s, mass demonstrations were held at American universities against the war in Vietnam.
Officially, both major political parties supported the futile intervention, but for the Democrat administration, this was a particularly contentious policy.
How could politicians who claim to stand for civil liberties and a fairer world send so many young men to their deaths while slashing and burning a poor, feudal land far away? Society turned against the war, and the protestors could take credit for their righteous resistance.
Today, American campuses are again a scene of large protests, this time against the pulverising of Gaza by Israeli armed forces, funded and supplied by the U.S. government.
This story is from the Issue 46 - June 2024 edition of The Light.
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