What 1960s Campus Protesters Think of Today
by WNYC
WNYC— Listeners who protested on their college campuses in the turbulent years around 1968 reflect on that time, and share their thoughts on today's young protesters on campuses here in NYC and around the country.
FOX 8 Cleveland—Today’s campus protests share parallels with Kent protests 54 years ago, activists say. The incident forever changed national tolerance for U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, and 54 years later continues to be remembered in a solemn observation on the anniversary of that tragic day.
WNYC—Protests Rock Campuses; Labor Organizer Jane McAlevey; NYS Budget and Climate; 1968 Protesters Reflect on Today's Demonstrations. On today's show: Kate Hidalgo Bellows, staff reporter covering campus health and safety at The Chronicle, reports on how administrations at colleges here in New York and across the country are struggling to respond to ongoing, and growing protests over the Israel-Hamas War. Jane McAlevey, labor organizer, columnist for The Nation and the author of several books, including (with Abby Lawlor) Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations (Oxford University Press, 2023), reflects...
SiliconBeat—Today’s campus protests not as big or violent as last century. Yet, to some, there is a feeling that the situation is just one hair-trigger moment away from tragedy, says Mark Naison, who took part in the sometimes violent protests at Columbia in 1968.