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/ ANTIWAB MOVEMENT We last discussed the war in Vietnam and the antiwar movement at a resident NC meeting April 6, immediately following the March 25-26 Days of Protest. There has since been a major escalation of the war. Vietnam The White House has officially announced that another 100,000 men will be added to the forces in Vietnam by the end of the year, and it is unofficially admitted that 500,000 more is a likely figure. Bombings in the north and south reached a new tonnage intensity on May 13 and again later in June. The official admission of U.S. troop actions in Cambodia and Laos, and unofficial admissions of action in Thailand have raised the specter of a massive Asian land war. The Johnson administration attempts to give the impression of being more solidly behind Ky than ever, as more and more Vietnamese turn against him. This escalation has paralleled the refusal of the Vietnamese in the cities to lend even the appearance of stability to the Ky dictatorship. The Buddhists and students keep demonstrating, Danang and Hué have had to be virtually occupied by Ky's troops, a series of strike actions by the workers were effective enough for the first time to significantly slow down American supplies, and the army of south Vietnam was rendered totally incapable of spending any of its time fighting the army of the National Liberation Front. As this has been occurring over the last ten weeks, and as the objective threat of an eventual extension of the conflict with China has increased, Brezhnev and Kosygin, the international coalitionists, continued to ignore China's fears and berate LBJ's "advisors" for leading him into such errors. This was the focal point of the United Secretariat statement. The Antiwar Movement One of the marks of the anti-Vietnam-war movement has been its capacity to respond in one form or another, rather than retreat, at each new stage of the imperialist escalation. The last ten weeks have been no exception. Demonstrations have continued around the world, especially in Japan, Belgium, Germany, and in this country. A new layer of protesters have been brought in through a wave of teach-ins, read-ins, and a series of anti-napalm demonstrations ranging from Redwood, California, to Brooklyn. The large anti- draft rallies at Madison, Chicago and City College of New York in late May were aimed at the antiworking-class anti-Negro bias of the draft system, and in many cases against the war. "Quickie" demonstrations, often organized on a few hours notice, in opposition to the visits of administration figures
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Title | Antiwar movement |
Place of publication | New York, New York |
Publisher | Fifth Avenue Peace Parade Committee |
Publication date | 1966 |
Language | English |
Country | United States |
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Full text | / ANTIWAB MOVEMENT We last discussed the war in Vietnam and the antiwar movement at a resident NC meeting April 6, immediately following the March 25-26 Days of Protest. There has since been a major escalation of the war. Vietnam The White House has officially announced that another 100,000 men will be added to the forces in Vietnam by the end of the year, and it is unofficially admitted that 500,000 more is a likely figure. Bombings in the north and south reached a new tonnage intensity on May 13 and again later in June. The official admission of U.S. troop actions in Cambodia and Laos, and unofficial admissions of action in Thailand have raised the specter of a massive Asian land war. The Johnson administration attempts to give the impression of being more solidly behind Ky than ever, as more and more Vietnamese turn against him. This escalation has paralleled the refusal of the Vietnamese in the cities to lend even the appearance of stability to the Ky dictatorship. The Buddhists and students keep demonstrating, Danang and Hué have had to be virtually occupied by Ky's troops, a series of strike actions by the workers were effective enough for the first time to significantly slow down American supplies, and the army of south Vietnam was rendered totally incapable of spending any of its time fighting the army of the National Liberation Front. As this has been occurring over the last ten weeks, and as the objective threat of an eventual extension of the conflict with China has increased, Brezhnev and Kosygin, the international coalitionists, continued to ignore China's fears and berate LBJ's "advisors" for leading him into such errors. This was the focal point of the United Secretariat statement. The Antiwar Movement One of the marks of the anti-Vietnam-war movement has been its capacity to respond in one form or another, rather than retreat, at each new stage of the imperialist escalation. The last ten weeks have been no exception. Demonstrations have continued around the world, especially in Japan, Belgium, Germany, and in this country. A new layer of protesters have been brought in through a wave of teach-ins, read-ins, and a series of anti-napalm demonstrations ranging from Redwood, California, to Brooklyn. The large anti- draft rallies at Madison, Chicago and City College of New York in late May were aimed at the antiworking-class anti-Negro bias of the draft system, and in many cases against the war. "Quickie" demonstrations, often organized on a few hours notice, in opposition to the visits of administration figures |
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