Vietnam, a view from the walls

by Robert Fink

A history of the anti-Vietnam War protest, from its posters, flyers, newsclips and narrative of a participant (Detroit). Illustrated by the author. Includes many documents (selected from the thousand or so surveillance docs on the author alone) of the FBI, Michigan Police "red" squad, and other agencies, reproduced from those obtained under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. Fink was an initiator and one of the leaders in the student take-over of Wayne State University in Detroit, in which the university was transformed into a "peace university" for several weeks. ===== EXCERPT: Murders of 4 Kent State students ====== THE U.S. HAD INVADED CAMBODIA, and anti-war actions were being planned across the country on that issue. But now the radio was reporting that shootings had taken place at Kent State University. The initial AP wire story was run that two national guardsmen and two students were killed, and that one man was being held for questioning. At Kent State, witnesses were shocked