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Without a doubt one of my favorite Vietnam era button's
Hard to find original Kent State Shootings protest pinback from 1970
"WARS WILL CEASE WHEN MEN REFUSE TO FIGHT" 1.5 diameter
with the rather psychedelic words in Red White & Blue across the top shown as flowers being placed into the barrel of a Ohio National Guardsmen like protesters did not long before the shooting started.
The curl reads: "N.Y. Workshop In Non-Violence" with NYC address.
The text comes from a Peace Pledge Union (PPU) poster from just after WWII, The PPU is a British pacifist non-governmental organization that emerged from an initiative by Dick Sheppard, canon of St Paul's Cathedral, in 1934 and is still active today, It is open to everyone who can sign the PPU pledge:
"I renounce war, and am therefore determined not to support any kind of war. I am also determined to work for the removal of all causes of war."
Its members work for a world without war and promote peaceful and non-violent solutions to conflict.
Peace
As an Australian I did not know about the Kent State Shootings. Interesting history.
Amazing design here with the flower words.
Karen, Kent State was a pivotal moment in the Vietnam War. What a pity young American people were so easily influenced to turn against their own military in a time of war. Those who defend this country are to be commended for their service, not protested against or spit upon. Of course, no young person wants to die. That's why I'm glad we gave up the draft and went to volunteer forces.
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There's a ton of info about it online Racer and a link at the bottom to 1 of the songs about it. I love the design of this 1 too I think the placing of flowers into the barrel's started with the Oct 21st 67 when Abbie Hoffman and others marched on the pentagon where they chanted to turn the pentagon Orange and Levitate it into the air, Yes I think the LSD had something to do with it LOL.
I agree Karen it changed a lot and sadly kicked off several campus and protest shootings that started with Kent = May 4th 1970 Kent State where the Ohio National Guard fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.
Augusta = May 11, 1970 Augusta Georgia riots after a mentally handicapped black teenager was tortured and killed at the hands of prisoners.
In the riots that ensued, six black men were shot in the back and killed by police shotguns. 80 others were also injured. The police were carrying out orders by racist Governor Lester Maddox to "Shoot to kill Communists and Black Panthers".
Jackson = Jackson Mississippi. May 14, 1970, a group were confronted by city and state police. Shortly after midnight, the police opened fire, killing two students and injuring twelve. The event happened only 11 days after National Guardsmen killed four students at Kent State.
It also kicked off nation wide protests and started the so called "Days of Rage" when many protesters turned away from the Non Violent days to bringing the war home to our streets.
And a few now classic song were released like Neil Young's OHIO the video below shows the songs words and image's from Kent State.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkg-bzTHeAk
A terrible time.
We had demonstrations here and they got violent at times, but nothing as tragic as these events.
Thanks for the background guys.
Happy to share racer, Sad much of the world is still just as violent today.
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