Robert Levering

Robert Levering was a full-time peace activist from 1967 to 1973, helping organize demonstrations for the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice, the Honeywell Project, A Quaker Action Group and the American Friends Service Committee. He is on the board of Peaceworkers.

How anti-Vietnam War activists stopped violent protest from hijacking their movement

The tactics of isolation that kept groups like the Weathermen away from peaceful protests may help today's activists struggling with Black Bloc disruptions.More

March 7, 2017
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