2.  Major anti-war rallies continued in the late 1960s and early 1970s  Oct. 15, 1969  Vietnam Moratorium Day— college classes were cancelled so students could march and protest the war  Nov. 15, 1969  Mobilization Day  250,000 doves converge on Washington, D.C. to demand the withdrawal of U.S. troops from S. Vietnam  More protests continue in the 70s and pressure increases on President Nixon for withdrawal from Vietnam

4.  Mostly white middle-and upper-class youths ◦ Baby boomers coming of age ◦ Best educated generation in U.S. history  half of young adults went to college  Rebelled against the dominant culture of the U.S.  Embraced a society that was freer and full of love and empathy  Communes  hippies lived together and shared everything ◦ Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco

5.  “Flower children” would put daisies in the rifle barrels of soldiers ordered to squash campus protests  SDS and Free Speech Movement organized massive college protests  1967—the “Summer of Love”  hippies flocked to Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco to listen to music, take drugs and “be” with each other

6.  The Beatles became the most popular band of the counter-culture  Rock became a weapon of cultural revolution  Andy Warhol’s “real” art became influential within the counter-culture  The “sexual revolution” involved an increase in premarital sex ◦ The “pill” was newly developed ◦ Women no longer feared getting pregnant and rejected premarital abstinence

8.  Icon of 1960s counterculture  Proponent of LSD to expand spiritual and emotional benefits  “Turn on, tune in, drop out”  Bob Dylan taunted adults with lyrics, “Everybody must get stoned”

9.  Celebration of counterculture music in New York  Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles were huge counterculture music stars

10.  War songs have been sung since earliest history.  Do you think a war song such Joe McDonald’s would have been popular?  Do you think this song was more or less effective than other forms of protest against the war (public demonstrations, civil disobedience)?

11.  Deteriorated after a few years  Impact was… ◦ “Make Love, Not War” ◦ Fashion industry  more colorful and comfortable ◦ Ethnic clothing ◦ Longer hair on men ◦ Pop art