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Robert M. Ockene
Robert M. Ockene (1934 – December 2, 1969) was a book editor, anti-war activist, co-founder of the Youth International Party (the Yippies), and a founder of Veterans and Reservists to End the War in Vietnam. He was an editor at Grossman Publishers where he edited and produced the book that brought Ralph Nader to national attention, ''Unsafe at Any Speed''. Later he became an executive editor at Bobbs-Merrill Company. He attended the March on the Pentagon in October 1967. There he conceived the idea that the counter-cultural hippies of the anti-war movement needed leadership distinct from the political new left leaders of the movement. He met with Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, and Paul Krassner during November and December 1967 to develop the idea into what became the Youth International Party, or Yippies. Also in 1967, Ockene helped organize Supports-in-Action, a group which grew into the prominent Vietnam-era draft resistance organization, Resist (organization), Resist. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti-war
An anti-war movement (also ''antiwar'') is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. The term anti-war can also refer to pacifism, which is the opposition to all use of military force during conflicts, or to anti-war books, paintings, and other works of art. Some activists distinguish between anti-war movements and peace movements. Anti-war activists work through protest and other grassroots means to attempt to pressure a government (or governments) to put an end to a particular war or conflict or to prevent it in advance. History American Revolutionary War Substantial opposition to British war intervention in America led the British House of Commons on 27 February 1783 to vote against further war in America, paving the way for the Second Rockingham ministry and the Peace of Paris. Antebellum United States Substantial antiwar sentiment developed in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
