The Anti-War Movement During The 1970s

During the 1960s and late 1970s there was extreme tension, global frustration, and protesting happening from the lives of those living across the world. During this time period there was many important events that were occurring to force people to protest and fight for their own rights. Since this time period was right after World War II there were many movements occurring in America and in Europe to protest against war in fear for another one. Not only did Europe fight against future wars there were many groups of anti environmentalist and anti nuclear protests in fight for their health effects. Many young adults living across America were protesting with frustration against president Nixon's because he not only broke his promise of ending
This caused the students to protest violently and nonviolently since this would now cause these students to be drafted to war. The anti war movement protested by the students was enhanced when the students went on strike against the universities they went to. In the University of North Carolina 6,000 students went on strike which showed the power of their collective voice and evidenced that protests on southern campuses could rival the scale and intensity witnessed on any college or university in the nation. Though the students ran into danger for the sake of their lives like any protest in history. There was extreme threats and violence between the authority and the students who were protesting. One specific university who felt disloyalty from the government and frustration over the fight against antiwar activism turned to violence. The Kent State University is where the student protests became a national tragedy when the Ohio National Guard killed four protesters and wounded nine. Students were horrified and full of fear because if they could not fight against the war no one would listen to their demands for their own rights. Anti war protests were happening all over America to fight for peace in fear of the expansion of the Vietnam