{"id":947,"date":"2018-08-23T08:51:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T13:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/?p=947"},"modified":"2018-08-23T09:08:36","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T14:08:36","slug":"chicago-tribune-previews-68-convention-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/23\/chicago-tribune-previews-68-convention-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Tribune previews &#8217;68 convention protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"trb_ar_h\">\n<div class=\"trb_ar_hl\">\n<h1 class=\"trb_ar_hl_t\">Anti-war activists hope to seize sentiment of 1968 Democratic National Convention with 50th anniversary protest, march<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_main\">\n<div class=\"trb_ar_la\">\n<aside class=\"trb_em trb_embed\" data-content-id=\"99869252\" data-content-size=\"leadart\" data-content-type=\"image\" data-content-slug=\"ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\" data-content-subtype=\"photo\" data-role=\"sc_item imgsize_ratiosizecontainer\" data-state=\"\">\n<div class=\"trb_em_m\">\n<figure class=\"trb_em_ic_figure\" data-role=\"imgsize_item\"><img class=\"trb_em_ic_img\" title=\"DNC in Chicago\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 750px, (min-width: 1060px) calc(100vw - 559px), (min-width: 840px) calc(100vw - 419px), (min-width: 800px) 800px, 100.1vw\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/350\/350x197 350w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/400\/400x225 400w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/450\/450x253 450w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/500\/500x281 500w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/550\/550x309 550w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/600\/600x338 600w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/650\/650x366 650w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/700\/700x394 700w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/750\/750x422 750w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/800\/800x450 800w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/850\/850x478 850w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/900\/900x506 900w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/950\/950x534 950w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/1000\/1000x563 1000w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/1050\/1050x591 1050w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/1100\/1100x619 1100w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/1150\/1150x647 1150w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/1200\/1200x675 1200w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/1400\/1400x788 1400w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/1600\/1600x900 1600w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/1800\/1800x1013 1800w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/2000\/2000x1125 2000w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\/2048\/2048x1152 2048w\" alt=\"DNC in Chicago\" data-baseurl=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5b58fe8a\/turbine\/ct-1532558980-sb1mpl2x5e-snap-image\" data-c-nd=\"2048x1152\" data-role=\"imgsize_srcsetdisplayitem\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"trb_em_r\" data-role=\"lightbox_metadata\">\n<div class=\"trb_em_r_cc\">Demonstrators gather around the Gen. Logan monument in Grant Park on Sept. 28, 1968, to listen to speeches protesting police actions during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (John Austad \/ Chicago Tribune)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_by\"><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_pm\"><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_au\" data-byline-withoutby=\"\"><a class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_au_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/ct-ese-olumhense-20171024-staff.html#nt=byline\">Ese Olumhense<\/a><\/span><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_pb\">, Chicago Tribune<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_dateline\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_bd\">\n<div class=\"trb_ar_page\" data-role=\"pagination_page\" data-content-page=\"1\">\n<p>Five decades after anti-war activists and Chicago police clashed in a dramatic sequence of protests that took place in the city during the August <a id=\"EVHST000046\" title=\"Democratic National Convention (1968)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/topic\/politics-government\/democratic-national-convention-%281968%29-EVHST000046-topic.html\">1968 Democratic National Convention<\/a>, another generation of pacifists are planning a demonstration against \u201cwar and police violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not aiming for a nostalgia event,\u201d said Andy Thayer of the Chicago Committee Against War and Racism, which is organizing the coming protest, slated for Aug. 25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/breaking\/ct-met-50th-anniversary-protest-1968-democratic-convention-20180725-story.html\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-war activists hope to seize sentiment of 1968 Democratic National Convention with 50th anniversary protest, march Demonstrators gather around the Gen. 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