Chapter Twenty-Six - On The Brink: Of Revolution, Again

Just as in the 1970s when students on campuses nationwide began sitting-in, dropping out, occupying campus buildings, and marching against war in Vietnam, young people are now protesting US involvement in the war in Gaza. Also just as 50 years ago the nation is divided over the university unrest, many sympathizing with the students, many also decrying violence and lack of control by university officials. Host Rosemary Armao talks with a Palestinian student who helped organize the Washington student encampment, and journalists/activists involved in the Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, and Vietnam peace movements about whether the First Amendment right to publicly contest the actions of our government is endangered. Law enforcement and government officials don’t like demonstrations and want control over them. Does protesting, really, however, even make a difference?