Do it! Scenarios of the Revolution - Hardcover

Rubin, Jerry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224619810 ISBN 13: 9780224619813

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 1970

Synopsis

Rubin began to demonstrate on behalf of various left-wing causes after dropping out of Berkeley. Rubin also ran for mayor of Berkeley, on a platform opposing the Vietnam War, and supporting black power and the legalization of marijuana,[5] receiving over twenty per cent of the vote. Having been unsuccessful, Rubin turned all his attentions to political protest. His first protest was in Berkeley, protesting against the refusal of a local grocer to hire African Americans. Soon Rubin was leading protests of his own. Rubin organized the Vietnam Day Committee, that led some of the first large numbered protests against the war in Vietnam. He took part in planning the world's largest teach-in against the war, organized rallies and demonstrations that attempted to stop a train transporting troops to the Oakland Army Base, as well as trucks carrying napalm.[6]:4 Vietnam Day Committee was a unique early antiwar organization in that it enjoyed large local participation and is believed to be a forerunner to the national movement against the war in Vietnam

Edition details

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0224619810
• ISBN 13: 9780224619813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256