[news] 1968 & Today

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I think that an a useful comparison for leftists today to use when talking to people about Bush is the election of Richard Nixon in 1968.  The election that year took place in a context of growing social polarization and anger around the Vietnam War.  In the spring of 1968, the Tet Offensive in Vietnam had demonstrated the incredible unpopularity and weakness of the U.S. occupation in that country.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/11/3/16520/9586