The Massive Anti-war Movement, Which I Was

I Was Arrested In 1965 For Opposing The War In Vietnam. There Were 39 Of Us Arrested That Day. But Thousands Opposed Us. And The Majority Of The People In The Country Supported The War Then.

Hating War In Vietnam In 1965 Was Minority Position.

When Someone Who's Always Been In Your Life Is Gone, It's A Stunning Adjustment Of Your Own Identity.

When You Go Into A College Of Education You've Got Aspirations Of Making A Difference In People's Lives, Of Loving Children, Of Working With Kids, But None Of That Is Affirmed In Your College Of Education. Then You Go Working In Schools, Especially In Places Like New York City And Chicago That I'm Most Familiar With, And You Find These Huge Aspirations Are Beaten Out Of You In A Very Systematic Way - And Still People Persevere.

Who's The Big Government Guy? These Labels Are Nonsense. And The Tea Party, If You Want To Call Them Working Class, You Know, A Working-class Insurgency From Below, They Are A Mass Of Contradictions; They Don't Have A Single Consistent Viewpoint; But Part Of Their Impulse Is To Be Wary Of Government.