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512. America in '68: The Chicago Riots (Part 5)

2024/11/11
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Yippies: Yippies 组织者认为，通过戏剧性的抗议活动和“游戏政治”，可以有效地挑战越战和美国政治体制的腐败。他们认为，创造一个充满活力和激情的替代现实，可以揭示现有体制的虚伪和无力。他们相信，通过媒体的关注，可以动员更多的人参与到他们的运动中来，最终实现他们的政治目标。他们并不回避暴力，甚至认为一定的暴力是社会变革的必要条件。 Tom Holland 和 Dominic Sandbrook: 两位主持人对 1968 年芝加哥民主党大会期间发生的事件进行了全面的回顾和分析。他们阐述了导致冲突的各种因素，包括越战、肯尼迪遇刺、社会动荡以及不同政治派别之间的矛盾。他们分析了 Yippies、MOAB 等不同抗议组织的策略和目标，以及戴利市长和芝加哥警方的应对措施。他们还探讨了媒体在报道和塑造公众舆论方面所扮演的角色，以及这场冲突对美国政治和社会产生的深远影响。 Mayor Richard J. Daley: 戴利市长作为芝加哥的市长，他维护秩序和社会稳定的立场坚定。他认为，Yippies 等激进组织的抗议活动是对社会秩序的威胁，必须采取强硬措施来应对。他认为，抗议者采取的暴力行为是不可接受的，警方有权采取必要手段来维护法律和秩序，即使这意味着使用武力。他坚信，他的行动是为了保护城市和民主党大会的安全，维护美国的价值观。 Eugene McCarthy 和 Hubert Humphrey: 两位民主党总统候选人对芝加哥发生的暴力事件持有不同的态度。麦卡锡对警方的行为表示担忧，并与示威者表达了同情和团结。而亨普里则试图在维护秩序和安抚抗议者之间取得平衡，但他对事件的处理方式受到了批评。 Abbie Hoffman 和 Jerry Rubin: 两位 Yippies 领导人对芝加哥的冲突持有不同的观点。霍夫曼更倾向于通过非暴力和戏剧性的方式来进行抗议，而鲁宾则更倾向于采取更激进和对抗性的策略。他们都认为，他们的行动是为了挑战美国政治体制，争取社会变革。 其他参与者: 其他参与者，包括艾伦·金斯伯格、鲍比·西尔等，也对事件的发生和发展起到了重要作用。他们的观点和行动丰富了这场冲突的复杂性和多面性。

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The episode explores the events leading up to the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, focusing on the tensions between anti-war protestors and the Chicago police, the role of the Yippies, and the political climate of the time.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson's withdrawal from the race and the assassination of Bobby Kennedy left the Democratic Party in disarray.
  • The Yippies, known for their 'politics of play,' planned a protest that the Chicago police took very seriously.
  • The convention was marked by violence and chaos, with the police responding brutally to protestors.

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The Democratic National Convention is in Chicago, and the incumbent president, Lyndon B. Johnson, has pulled out of the race. Anti-war protestors are flooding the streets of the city, and Johnson continues to press on with the war in Vietnam. Bobby Kennedy’s assassination has turned the Democratic candidacy contest into a two-horse race between Hubert Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy. And while they’re battling inside the convention for delegates, the real fight is taking place on the streets. Dope-smoking youth activists known as the “Yippies” have called for a protest against the Vietnam War, and their threats made in the name of the ‘politics of play’ have been taken seriously by Chicago police, who react with brutal force. Flowers and poems meet truncheons and guns. As DNC votes are being counted, images of these confrontations are broadcasted on newsreels across the nation.

Join Tom and Dominic to discuss a Democratic National Convention that saw Chicago descend into violence and chaos. Listen as they explore what led to one of the most anarchic political conventions, and how it impacted a divided America.

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