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  1. The "mood of the #nation," in 1972, was so overwhelmingly #vengeful, #greedy, #bigoted, and blindly #reactionary that no presidential candidate who even faintly reminded "typical #voters" of the #fear & #anxiety they'd felt during the constant "social upheavals" of the 1960s had any chance at all of beating #Nixon last year--not even #TedKennedy...

    Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72

    #quote #quotes #1970s

  2. "Eisenberg brings to life the political and military choices of Richard #Nixon and Henry #Kissinger as they waged brutal illegal wars against #Vietnam, #Laos, and #Cambodia – and demonstrates the influence that the #antiwarMovement actually brought to bear."

    Book event w/ #CarolynWoodsEisenberg, author of #FireAndRain

    youtube.com/watch?v=DrcrQfR_wL

    #VietnamWar #Indochina #SecondIndochinaWar #UShistory #USimperialism #PeaceMovement #activism #peaceActivism #books @histodons @bookstodon

  3. La guerre à la #drogue pour lutter contre la gauche pacifiste et les Noirs. (2025)
    informassue.tuxfamily.org/page
    [Citation] «en associant dans l’esprit du public les hippies à la #marijuana et les Noirs à l’#héroïne, puis en les présentant comme de dangereux criminels, nous pouvions déstabiliser leurs communautés»

    #Informassue #FabriceOlivet #Inégalités #Racisme #Cannabis #Cocaïne #Répression #Prohibition #Noirs #Arabes #Police #Gauche #Opposants #Politique #Nixon #USA #Histoire #France #Retailleau

  4. "Tra il 1970 e il 1980, il 42% delle donne native americane fu sterilizzato contro il proprio consenso.
    Al piano governativo #USA diede il via, il 16 marzo 1970, la firma dell’allora Presidente #Nixon."

    #NativeAmerican #29aprile #humanRights

    labottegadelbarbieri.org/steri