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The Battle for Michigan Ave '68

The Battle for Michigan Ave '68

Update: 2024-08-19
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In this “compare and contrast” episode we look at the Democrat National Convention in the
tumultuous and radical times of 1968 and bouncing the event off of the upcoming tumultuous and radical times of 2024. Some of the historical events leading up to the two events line up in really weird "eternal reoccurance" ways and might let us check the “history repeats itself” narrative to a test. We might also want to play the lottery…

Featured Sources:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/02/vietnam-lbj-pleiku-haunts-democrats-115259/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJeLoMCF6Jo
https://www.history.com/videos/1968-riots-at-the-democratic-national-convention-in-chicagohttps://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/lyndon-b-johnsons-decision-not-to-run-in-1968
https://abc7chicago.com/1968-election-democratic-convention-presidential-national/4041989/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45226132

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Written / Produced / researched / Performed – Jon Towers
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The Battle for Michigan Ave '68

The Battle for Michigan Ave '68

Jon Towers