Counterculture and the Vietnam War protest movement : ephemera, 1960-1975.

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Counterculture and the Vietnam War protest movement : ephemera, 1960-1975.

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Folders 1 & 2 and map folder: Primarily material from the Youth International Party (Yippie literature and posters from New York and Chicago, 1967-1968), including an announcement for a "festival of life, " Aug. 25-30, in Chicago; flyer on how to form a hometown Yippie group; flyers for Aug. 25-30, 1968; flyer on a new Food & Drug Administration "to administer food and drugs to those who need them; " clipping and flyers on the police and how to avoid being arrested and what to do if arrested. Includes several flyers from The Communication Company, 1967 and nd. Folder 3: one flyer, "Don't be fooled, " from American Patriots for Freedom, New York, 1966. Folder 4: The Canadian Peace Congress's "Rally for Peace and Disarmament, " : pamphlet, Toronto, 1960. Folder 5: Burton R. Tauber's satirical "Preliminary prospectus, 225,000,000 shares, The War in Vietnam, Common Stock, " New York, 1970. Folder 6: Mark Morris's "Days of Civil Disobedience, " a weekly calendar with photos and Thoreau's essay on civil disobedience published by the War Resisters League, New York, 1970.

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American Patriots for Freedom.

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The Communication Company.

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War Resisters League

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The War Resisters League (WRL) was established in 1923 through the initiative of Jessie Wallace Hughan. It began as an organization for men and women willing to sign a pledge refusing to support war of any kind. During World War II, it lent both moral and legal support to conscientious objectors, especially absolute pacifists who refused to participate even in civilian alternative service, often for reasons other than religious beliefs. In 1968, the WRL merged with the Committee for Nonviolent A...