1. The Radical Left and Conservative Movement

4. Abby Hoffman

5. Weatherman Day of Rage October 1969

6. U Michigan

7. U Michigan

8. University of Wisconsin Madison May 1966

9. Richard Nixon and American Conservatism
Conservative Dilemma Conservative Crusade Liberalism Besieged Richard Nixon

10. Conservative Dilemma

11. 1960 Presidential Election

12. Young Americans for Freedom (1960)
In this time of moral and political crises, it is the responsibility of the youth of America to affirm certain eternal truths. We, as young conservatives, believe: That liberty is indivisible, and that political freedom cannot long exist without economic freedom; That the purpose of government is to protect those freedoms through the preservation of internal order, the provision of national defense, and the administration of justice; That when government ventures beyond these rightful functions, it accumulates power, which tends to diminish order and liberty;

13. Young Americans for Freedom (1960)
That the market economy, allocating resources by the free play of supply and demand, is the single economic system compatible with the requirements of personal freedom and constitutional government, and that it is at the same time the most productive supplier of human needs; That when government interferes with the work of the market economy, it tends to reduce the moral and physical strength of the nation; that when it takes from one man to bestow on another, it diminishes the incentive of the first, the integrity of the second, and the moral autonomy of both; That the forces of international Communism are, at present, the greatest single threat to these liberties …

14. Conservative Crusade

15. Racial Backlash

16. Barry Goldwater (1964)
“Security from domestic violence, no less than from foreign aggression, is the most elementary and fundamental purpose of any government, and a government that cannot fulfill that purpose is one that cannot long command the loyalty of its citizens. History shows us – demonstrates – that nothing prepares the way for tyranny more than the failure of public officials to keep the streets from bullies and marauders. This is a party, this Republican Party, a Party for free men, not for blind followers, and not for conformists. Anyone who joins us in all sincerity, we welcome. Those who do not care for our cause, we don’t expect to enter our ranks in any case. And let our Republicanism, so focused and so dedicated, not be made fuzzy and futile by unthinking and stupid labels. I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”

17. Law and Order
Street Crime
Civil Unrest
Moral Chaos

18. 1964 Presidential Election

19. Liberalism Besieged

20. Watts (1965)

21. Detroit (1967)

22. MLK Assassinated (1968)

23. Robert Kennedy

24. D.C. Riot (1968)

28. Democratic Convention (1968)

29. “Battle of Michigan Avenue”

30. Richard Nixon

32. Nixon Campaign (1968)

33. Nixon Campaign (1968)

34. 1968 Presidential Election

35. The “War of Ideas” Heritage Foundation Cato Institute Tax Cuts
Rush Limbaugh (“talk radio”)
Roger Ailes (Fox News)