1. Chicago.
- Author
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Radosh, Ronald
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RIOTS , *POLITICAL conventions , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *UNITED States political parties , *PRESS conferences , *POLITICAL systems - Abstract
The article features a rally to commemorate the riots occurred during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The left wing of the Democratic Party used the event to reveal its plans for the party whose candidate it was endorsing. At a pre-rally press conference, former Black Panther leader Bobby Seale announced his efforts for a non-terrorist revolutionary humanist movement. Since the Democratic Party leaders in 1968 could no longer be reached by moral arguments, riot leader Tom Hayden claims that the demonstrators were forced to prove the unrepresentative character of the political system.
- Published
- 1996