Alex LoCascio wrote:
> "Funny me, I always thought that the SDS was the main group that fought the Vietnam War."
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> Which just proves that you haven't read anything about the history of SDS or the anti-war movement. SDS called one national anti-war movement in the mid-60s, then let the whole thing dropped. The SWP (and as Max correctly mentions, various CP-related forces) picked up the slack from there.
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> I think at this point SDS has evolved into its "all white babies are pigs" stage of political development.
They called one "movement?" You mean "protest," right? Freudian slip?
I've read plenty of histories on the period and they all gave props to SDS for organizing the anti-war movement. More recently, I've been reading a book on Asian-American activism where several authors vent about how mainstream histories give SDS too much credit. But they aren't arguing that the SWP or CP should get more credit.
It sounds to me that the 60s situation is alot like today, with there being many anti-war movements, with a few groups being better at giving themselves credit that doesn't belong to them.
Looks like the communist dust bunnies are trying to lift themselves out of the dustbin of history today!
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