The Battle for Michigan Ave '68

In this “compare and contrast” episode we look at the Democrat National Convention in the tumultuous and radical times of 1968 and bouncing the event off of the upcoming tumultuous and radical times of 2024. Some of the historical events leading up to...

An episode of the The Abracast podcast, hosted by Jon Towers, titled "The Battle for Michigan Ave '68" was published on August 19, 2024 and runs 67 minutes.

August 19, 2024 ·67m · The Abracast

Summary

In this “compare and contrast” episode we look at the Democrat National Convention in thetumultuous and radical times of 1968 and bouncing the event off of the upcoming tumultuous and radical times of 2024. Some of the historical events leading up to the two events line up in really weird "eternal reoccurance" ways and might let us check the “history repeats itself” narrative to a test. We might also want to play the lottery…Featured Sources:https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/02/vietnam-lbj-pleiku-haunts-democrats-115259/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJeLoMCF6Johttps://www.history.com/videos/1968-riots-at-the-democratic-national-convention-in-chicagohttps://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/lyndon-b-johnsons-decision-not-to-run-in-1968https://abc7chicago.com/1968-election-democratic-convention-presidential-national/4041989/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45226132Visit Website: www.abracast.comThe Red Vault / Subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/abracast The voice of The Abracast – Hila Assor https://hilaassor.com/Theme Song “Red Horse Rising” by X-Proph3t: http://www.reverbnation.com/xproph3tWritten / Produced / researched / Performed – Jon Towers

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