10.) MAKING CONNECTIONS The 1960's: Youth Movements

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If the 1930’s was a time of increased political activity, so was the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.  The Vietnam War was in full swing, and young people all over the country were protesting against the mandatory draft and the escalation of violence and war-time atrocities perpetuated by the American military.  Many leftist political groups were making connections between what they saw as the imperialist attitudes of the American government and the global capitalist economy run by ever-growing corporations.  One of the biggest of these groups was Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a national organization with its own paper.