I remember exactly where I was when I heard about the Kent State murders, May 4, 1970. A couple of friends and I had taken the train from our suburban town into Manhattan to see Kurt Vonnegut lecture at the 92nd Street Y. We were on the Broadway (#1) subway going uptown from Penn Station when some woman approached our little group and said, "Have you heard about the 4 students killed at Kent State by National Guardsmen? Two of them were Jewish."
We hadn't heard, but in our post-Jewish atheism were a little put off by the assumption that we would care more if some of the victims had been Jewish.
Someone asked Kurt about it during the Q&A, and he said he thought the only really effective tactic to end the War would be a general strike.
After a few insipid questions, he got bored and walked off the stage. We went home, and began helping to organize a not-so-general strike of our high school, which closed down the following week for 3 days. There was a big march. The War went on for 5 more years
I remember exactly where I was when I heard about the Kent State murders, May 4, 1970. A couple of friends and I had taken the train from our suburban town into Manhattan to see Kurt Vonnegut lecture at the 92nd Street Y. We were on the Broadway (#1) subway going uptown from Penn Station when some woman approached our little group and said, "Have you heard about the 4 students killed at Kent State by National Guardsmen? Two of them were Jewish."
We hadn't heard, but in our post-Jewish atheism were a little put off by the assumption that we would care more if some of the victims had been Jewish.
Someone asked Kurt about it during the Q&A, and he said he thought the only really effective tactic to end the War would be a general strike.
After a few insipid questions, he got bored and walked off the stage. We went home, and began helping to organize a not-so-general strike of our high school, which closed down the following week for 3 days. There was a big march. The War went on for 5 more years