Thank you. Seeing 1968 -- specifically what went down at the Democratic Convention in Chicago -- in every current protest is very like seeing Commies under every bed, and it likewise leads to very sloppy politics. The revisionism about the student strike in 1970 is particularly galling, because I helped organize it at my school (Georgeto…
Thank you. Seeing 1968 -- specifically what went down at the Democratic Convention in Chicago -- in every current protest is very like seeing Commies under every bed, and it likewise leads to very sloppy politics. The revisionism about the student strike in 1970 is particularly galling, because I helped organize it at my school (Georgetown U., for the record) and can testify that virtually none of the organizers had anything to do with the Weather Underground or any other fringe group. I can also testify that the response of the police and the college administration couldn't have been better planned to make a tense situation worse.
Thank you. Seeing 1968 -- specifically what went down at the Democratic Convention in Chicago -- in every current protest is very like seeing Commies under every bed, and it likewise leads to very sloppy politics. The revisionism about the student strike in 1970 is particularly galling, because I helped organize it at my school (Georgetown U., for the record) and can testify that virtually none of the organizers had anything to do with the Weather Underground or any other fringe group. I can also testify that the response of the police and the college administration couldn't have been better planned to make a tense situation worse.