What Was The Leftist Organization In The 1970s

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the 1970s the 1970s was a time of change. america was at war with vietnam. nixon was corrupting the us . and the protesting was worst than ever .america could not take the war
Nixon
Nixon was the president of the us during the vietnam war. he filled people with false hope. saying things like he is the cure of america ,he will change the war and stop the riots.but everybody voted for him for one thing.he promised to stop the leftist organization and the antiwar protests.

Antiwar protests
The leftist organization was a group of mostly college students and young men.they did not want war because they were the ones being drafted. the average age of people being dispatched into war was 16. This is what started the leftist organization.young

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