Rare VIETNAM WAR PROTEST BUTTON March on New York & L.A. April 22 1972 Pinback

Description: Offering in EXCELLENT NEW UNUSED CONDITION... VIETNAM WAR PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONApril 22 1972 NPAC BUTTON and FLYERMarch on New York & L.A. Out of Southeast Asia Now STOP THE BOMBING! OUT NOW! AUTHENTIC 40 YEAR OLD VIETNAM WAR PROTEST ITEMS ULTRA RARE. EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND. Flyer says: March to Rally! Assemble at 10am Central Park West and 72nd Street. (That location happens to be right in front of one of the most exclusive buildings in New York City, the famous Dakota Apartments, where John Lennon and Yoko Ono lived from 1973 until 1980.) Lauren Bacall, Jason Robards, Leonard Bernstein, Lillian Gish, Rosemary Clooney, Roberta Flack, Jose Ferrer, Boris Karloff, Judy Garland, Rudolf Nureyev and Gilda Radner are just some of the other celebrities who have called the Dakota home. The National Peace Action Coalition was an umbrella organization composed of many local and national groups and coalitions that opposed U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam. Combined with the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, its student arm, the National Peace Action Coalition represented the largest, best organized, and most generously funded of the anti-war groups. More important than its size and success in mustering supporters for large demonstrations, the formation of NPAC at the National Emergency Conference in Cleveland on June 19-20, 1970, acknowledged the growing split between various anti-war groups. These differences, which continued in varying degrees throughout NPAC's existence, focused on its affirmation of non-exclusion, the principle by which all opponents of the war were welcomed regardless of political ideology, and on its unwillingness to dilute the movement to encompass other social and political issues. In addition, NPAC's strategic commitment to peaceful mass actions set it apart from those groups that condoned confrontation tactics. Finally, the National Peace Action Coalition differed from still other groups in its insistence that policy and tactics be democratically determined by biannual conventions. Between its conventions, NPAC was governed by a national steering committee made up of elected representatives of all the member organizations and by five national coordinators: Jerry Gordon, who also headed the national staff, Ruth Gage-Colby, Don Gurewitz, James Lafferty, and John T. Williams. Later coordinators were Stephanie Coontz, Fred Lovgren, and Katherine Sojourner. Among the major actions which NPAC built were the demonstrations of October 31, 1970; April 24, 1971; November 6, 1971; and April 22, 1972. In addition to its sponsorship of these and other mass actions, NPAC made national news when it was charged during hearings before the House Internal Security Committee that the coalition was controlled by the Socialist Workers Party. Although the degree to which NPAC served as a front for the SWP is uncertain, socialists were unquestionably important in its structure and influential in its policy-making. Fred Halstead, SWP presidential candidate, was closely involved in the coalition, and his Out Now! Both items have been carefully stored in a smoke-free and pet-free environment for forty years.A real piece of history from the Vietnam War era. See pictures. What you see is what you get. GRAB 'EM NOW WHILE YOU CAN WITH THE "BUY IT NOW" OPTION Buyer pays $5.99 for secure INSURED shipping with button in bubblewrap and flyer between stiff boards viaUSPS FIRST CLASS MAIL with TRACKING (within the continental USA). Shipping elsewhere may be higher. Please see my other auctions for more rare items.

Price: 39.99 USD

Location: Lake Forest, Illinois

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