National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam The Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, which became the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, was a coalition of antiwar activists formed in 1967 to organize large demonstrations in opposition to the Vietnam War. The organizations were informally known as "the Mobe". April 15, 1967 Anti-Vietnam war demonstrations[edit] On April 15, 1967, the Spring Mobilization's massive march against the Vietnam War from New York's Central Park to the United Nations attracted hundreds of thousands of people, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Harry Belafonte, James Bevel, and Dr. At the New York march its last speaker, James Bevel, the Spring Mobilization's chairman and initiator of the march on the U.N. Bevel's announcement brought about the Spring Mobilization Conference, a gathering of 700 antiwar activists held in Washington D.C. 1967 March on the Pentagon[edit] Vietnam War protestors at the 1967 March on the Pentagon. See also[edit] Media[edit]
Home - National Women’s Hall of Fame Women's Electoral Lobby New Left The New Left was a term used mainly in the United Kingdom and United States in reference to activists, educators, agitators and others in the 1960s and 1970s who sought to implement a broad range of reforms on issues such as gay rights, abortion, gender roles, and drugs,[2] in contrast to earlier leftist or Marxist movements that had taken a more vanguardist approach to social justice and focused mostly on labor unionization and questions of social class.[3][4] They rejected involvement with the labor movement and Marxism's historical theory of class struggle.[5] In the United States, the "New Left" was associated with the Hippie movement and anti-war college campus protest movements including the Free Speech Movement. While formed in opposition to the "Old Left" Democratic party, groups composing the New Left gradually became central players in the Democratic coalition.[2] Historical origins Britain The Marxist historians E. United States Other elements of the U.S. The U.S.
National Women's History Project | Our History is Our Strength The XX Factor Thanks to the BuzzFeed quiz, we now all know which city we should live in (Paris), what kind of sandwich we are (grilled cheese), and which Twin Peaks character we are (Agent Dale Cooper). BuzzFeed quizzes exploit our urge to belong, to categorize ourselves into an identifiable group that we are instantly a part of. (Oh, you’re a Miranda? The questions range from the mundane (Q: “Have you ever tried to put in a tampon only to discover you forgot to take the old one out?” Women, take this quiz and rejoice: You are not alone. Merry Pranksters The Merry Pranksters were a group of people who formed around American author Ken Kesey in 1964. The group promoted the use of psychedelic drugs. Eastward bus journey[edit] The psychedelically painted bus had its stated destination as being "further." This was the goal of the Merry Pranksters, a destination that could only be obtained through the expansion of one's own perceptions of reality. Hells Angels[edit] Kesey and the Pranksters also had a relationship with the infamous outlaw motorcycle gang the Hells Angels, who were introduced to LSD by Kesey. Later events[edit] In 1969, Further and the Pranksters (minus Kesey) made it to the Woodstock rock festival. A collection by Kesey of short pieces, several about the Merry Pranksters, called Demon Box and released in 1986, was a critical success, although a subsequent novel, Sailor Song, was not, with critics complaining it was too spacey for comprehension. The original Prankster bus now rests at Kesey's farm in Oregon. References[edit]
MAKERS: Women Who Make America In the last half-century, women have fought their way into nearly every sphere of American life, from the battlefield to the comedy club, the soundstage to the Senate. Expanding on the critically acclaimed PBS documentary MAKERS: Women Who Make America, which told the story of the modern American women’s movement, each documentary in this six-part series examines the impact of the women’s movement on six fields once largely closed to women: business, space, Hollywood, comedy, war and politics. In each field, women have pried open, and profoundly reshaped, the central institutions of American life and culture. Through intimate interviews with trailblazing women known and unknown, viewers are given a rare glimpse-- sometimes funny, sometimes sad, and always candid—of what it was like to be pioneers in their fields. Watch special clips and more previews on the Makers video channel.
Feminist.com Opposition to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War began with demonstrations in 1964 against the escalating role of the U.S. military in the Vietnam War and grew into a broad social movement over the ensuing several years. This movement informed and helped shape the vigorous and polarizing debate, primarily in the United States, during the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s on how to end the war.[1] Many in the peace movement within the U.S. were students, mothers, or anti-establishment hippies. Reasons[edit] Vietnam War protesters. The draft, a system of conscription which threatened lower class and middle class registrants drove much of the protest after 1965. Opposition to the war arose during a time of unprecedented student activism which followed the free speech movement and the civil rights movement. Beyond opposition to the draft, anti-war protesters also made moral arguments against the United States' involvement in Vietnam. Polarization[edit] Antiwar movement[edit]
USDA Defines Food Deserts Food deserts are defined as parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthful whole foods, usually found in impoverished areas. This is largely due to a lack of grocery stores, farmers’ markets, and healthy food providers. This has become a big problem because while food deserts are often short on whole food providers, especially fresh fruits and vegetables, instead, they are heavy on local quickie marts that provide a wealth of processed, sugar, and fat laden foods that are known contributors to our nation’s obesity epidemic. The food desert problem has in fact become such an issue that the USDA has outlined a map of our nation’s food deserts, which I saw on Mother Nature Network. The Food Desert Locator is a part of the First Lady’s Let’s Move initiative to end childhood obesity. According to the USDA: Part of the First Lady's Let's Move! Mari Gallagher, noted author and expert of Food Deserts will be speaking at an ANA presentation in Spring 2011.
Hoyden About Town: a mixed bag of uppity women blogging from Australia MC5 MC5 had a promising beginning which earned them a January 1969 cover appearance in Rolling Stone and a story written by Eric Ehrmann before their debut album was released.[2] They developed a reputation for energetic and polemical live performances, one of which was recorded as their 1969 debut album Kick Out the Jams. Their initial run was short-lived, though within just a few years of their dissolution in 1972, MC5 were often cited as one of the most important American hard rock groups of their era.[3] Their three albums are regarded by many as classics, and their song "Kick Out the Jams" is widely covered. Tyner died of a heart attack in late 1991 at the age of 46. Smith also died of a heart attack, in 1994 at the age of 45. First incarnation[edit] Early years[edit] The origins of MC5 can be traced to the friendship between guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred Smith. Success in Detroit[edit] Radical political affiliations[edit] Recordings[edit] Kick Out the Jams[edit] Back in the USA[edit]