On this day, 5 May 1970, hundreds of thousands of university students in the US walked out of class and took to the streets in a nationwide student strike against the Vietnam war and in protest at the killing of four students at Kent State by National Guard troops the previous day.
Learn more about the movement against the war in our podcast episodes 43-46. Available wherever you get your podcasts or on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/2020/09/23/e43-46-the-movement-against-the-vietnam-war-in-the-us/
Pictured: University of Washington students facing down riot police to block the I-5 interstate highway. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1709858632532613/?type=3
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