Robert Levering was a full-time anti-Vietnam War organizer from 1967 to 1973. He was an adviser to the 2020 film, “The Boys Who Said NO!” about the draft resistance movement, and he is the Executive Producer of "The Movement and the 'Madman'" about how protests in 1969 helped avert a major escalation of the war.
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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.