The+Antiwar+Notes

-The draft was unfair. However, some middle and upper class Americans were able to get out of having to serve by enrolling in college. They also got help from professional draft counselors. -Some believed that the US had no business involving itself in another country's civil war. Unnecessary for the US to get involved. -Some thought the methods of fighting the war were immoral-some just opposed the war. It was inhumane that the US troops were killing people like that- My Lai -The costs to American society were too high. -Tet offensive- was the government telling the truth? -Expanded to Cambodia and Laos.
 * PROTESTS**

-College students played a huge roll, mainly because they opposed the draft. To protest, young men burned their draft cards -Teach-ins -music -violence
 * METHODS OF PROTEST**

- College students would burn their draft cards, and some other people would also enroll in college just so they could avoid being drafted sooner. -African Americans were called to serve. The Antiwar movement and the CRM was linked for the reason that many African Americans were called to serve, even though they didn't make up much of our population. -Yippies (Youth International Party) used bad behavior and "street theater tactics" to protest and gain the attention of the media and the nation. More political and forceful than Hippies. -Hippies: "Hippies preach altruism and mysticism, honesty, joy and nonviolence" Their key thought and element was love. Protested for peace, not just opposed the war.
 * DIFFERENT PEOPLE OR GROUPS**


 * Lyrics:

LET THE SUNSHINE:** We starve-look At one another Short of breath Walking proudly in our winter coats Wearing smells from laboratories Facing a dying nation Of moving paper fantasy Listening for the new told lies With supreme visions of lonely tunes

Somewhere Inside something there is a rush of Greatness Who knows what stands in front of Our lives I fashion my future on films in space Silence Tells me secretly Everything Everything

Manchester England England Manchester England England Eyes look your last Across the Atlantic Sea Arms take your last embrace And I'm a genius genius And lips oh you the doors of breath I believe in God Seal with a righteous kiss And I believe that God believes in Claude Seal with a righteous kiss That's me, that's me, that's me The rest is silence The rest is silence The rest is silence

[Singing] Our space songs on a spider web sitar Life is around you and in you Answer for Timothy Leary, dearie

Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sun shine in...


 * AQUARIUS:**

When the moon is in the seventh house and jupiter aligns with mars The peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars

this is the dawning of the age of aquarius the age of aquarius

aquarius aquarius

harmony and understanding sympathy and trust abounding no more falsehoods or derisions golden living dreams of visions mystic crystals revelations and the minds true liberation

aquarius aquarius

when the moon is in the seventh house and jupiter aligns with mars then peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars

this is the dawning of the age of aquarius the age of aquarius

aquarius aquarius

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