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Nazgol Ghandnoosh

Echoes of Chicago ’68? The City and Activists Gear Up for the RNC

By Nazgol Ghandnoosh

A party’s pro-war leadership is at odds with its activist base. A nominating convention is being held in a city hostile to political protest. Radical factions threaten violent demonstrations, from which a reactionary political party stands to benefit.

Official photograph of the Democratic National Convention at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, July, 1960— before the turbulence later in the decade. ©Audio Photo Services, Inc. Photo courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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