> It was the CP and SWP that largely provided the national
> infrastructure for the large national demonstrations. Meanwhile,
> out in the field, there were many different groups and coalitions.
> SDS briefly played a role at the beginning, but soon faded. Groups
> such as the National Student Association and church-based peace
> groups were involved. Alternative media such as College Press
> Service, Liberation News Service, and Dispatch News Service
> International spread the word--I worked with all three as a writer
> or editor or syndicator.
Exactly my point. The anti-war movement was much bigger and broader than those who claim that the SWP was the center of the anti-war universe.
That's the problem with leftists who read the history of social change movements as just a list of organizations involved.
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