Robert Levering worked as full-time anti-Vietnam war organizer with groups such as AFSC, the New Mobilization Committee and Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice. He is currently working on a book entitled "Resistance and the Vietnam War: The Nonviolent Movement that Crippled the Draft, Thwarted the War Effort While Helping Topple Two Presidents," along with an associated documentary film.
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Published in: TransformationKen Burns’ powerful film on Vietnam ignores the power of the anti-war movementThe Vietnam peace movement was inspirational. Its story deserves to be told fully and fairly.
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Published in: TransformationHow anti-Vietnam War activists stopped violent protest from hijacking their movementGovernments welcome violent protests and know how to deal with them. It’s a lesson the anti-Trump movement should remember.