#Wikipedia: " 'Tin soldiers and Nixon coming' refers to the #KentState shootings, where Ohio #NationalGuard officers shot and killed four students during a #protest against the #VietnamWar. Crosby once stated that Young keeping #Nixon's name in the lyrics was 'the bravest thing I ever heard.' "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(Crosby,_Stills,_Nash_%26_Young_song)
#KentStateMassacre #NationalGuard #KentStateShooting #AntiWar #Protests #Resistance
Ohio
"Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio"
- #NeilYoung, 1970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxl9R_2ax-8
#KentStateMassacre #NationalGuard #FridayNightMusicVideos #KentStateShooting #AntiWar #Protests #FridayNightJukebox #FridayNightMusic
holy shit! i had no idea
today i learned:
#devo was not only at #kentstate during the #kentstatemassacre, but the massacre inspired the creation of devo:
https://www.kent.edu/art/news/remembering-may-4-interview-devos-jerry-casale
Remembering May 4 - An Interview with Devo's Jerry Casale | School of Art, College of the Arts, Kent State Today, May 4, 50th Commemoration Arts & Culture, May 4 50, School of Art, College of the Arts, May 4, 50th Commemoration of May 4, Featured May 4, School of Art Alumni, College of the Arts Alumni | “I had always been making art and music but the events of May 4th and beyond galvanized my creativity, infusing it with an existential anger and urgency that would otherwise not have happened. In short Devo and the idea of De-evolution as a manifesto would not exist without that defining historic trauma I experienced.” - Jerry Casale
54 years since the #KentState massacre—and a warning for today - World Socialist Web Site
#KentStateMassacre #CampusProtests #StudentProtests #StudentEncampments
The article reviews the experience of the Kent State massacre of anti-war college students in 1970, which has enormous relevance for today amid the massive police crackdown on campus protests against the Gaza genocide.
#KentStateMassacre #VietnamWar #OhioNationalGuard
"On 4 May 1970, four students were shot dead by the National Guard during a Vietnam War protest at Kent State University."
Kent State shootings: The 1970 student protests that shook the US
"Fifty-four years ago, four students were shot by the National Guard during an anti-Vietnam War protest at Kent State university in Ohio – a tragedy that still resonates today."
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240503-kent-state-university-1970-protests-that-shook-the-us
‘Biden’s Vietnam’: #Progressive lawmakers warn not to repeat campus protest history
Students protesting for #Palestinian liberation have also referenced the legacy of student resistance and state crackdowns at inflection points throughout American history.
By Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing
05/04/2024 04:12 PM EDT
"Progressive lawmakers this week compared recent police crackdowns on student anti-war demonstrations to the deadly response to anti-Vietnam War campus protests over 50 years ago, warning the Biden administration not to repeat history.
"In a social media post Saturday, Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) marked the 54th anniversary of the Kent State shootings, when the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four students and injured nine others at an anti-Vietnam War protest. In her post, she compared the historic tragedy to the recent wave of police crackdowns on campuses across the country.
"'On the 54th anniversary of the #KentStateMassacre, students across our country are being brutalized for standing up to #EndlessWar,' Bush wrote. “Our country must learn to actually uphold the rights of #FreeSpeech & assembly upon which it was founded.”
"In a similar post, Rep. #IlhanOmar (D-Minn.) wrote: “54 years ago, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed students at Kent State. Students have a right to speak out, organize, and protest systemic wrongs. We can’t silence those expressing dissent, no matter how uncomfortable their protests may be to those in power.'"
Read more:
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/04/bidens-vietnam-campus-protest-israel-hamas-00156154
#CeasefireNow #Palestine
#Gaza #GazaSolidarity #FreePalestine
On this day, I do not shill for an entertainment property that has been over-milked for capitalistic gain by an already multi-hundred-billion-dollar corporation.
Today, I remember Allison, Bill, Jeff, and Sandy. On this day in 1970, my Alma Mater was senselessly attacked.
Students were gathered to protest a war, when the authorities descended on them. Sound familiar recently?
But this time, after a suspicious huddle By the National Guard troops, live bullets were fired on the students, who were more than a football field’s length away from the troops. Half of those killed were part of the protest; the other half were not - Bill was even in the ROTC program on campus. This attack would become known as the Kent State Massacre. 9 students were wounded, 1 of those paralyzed for life, and as the song says, “Four Dead in Ohio.”
Never forget the lengths government goes to in order to keep us in line, whether it means monitoring our every communication, or firing senselessly into a crowd of unarmed students.
I hope you are resting easily, Jeff, Allison, Bill, and Sandy, and may the gods have blessed your sacrifice in your next lives.
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