For example, the Declaration of Conscience of 1950 broke the draft law by encouraging others to refuse to serve for the Vietnam War. ... By calling attention to what seemed an unjust draft law, signers and distributors of the Declaration were determined to put an end to the war in Vietnam, an event that they believed would benefit America as well as Vietnam. ... The Declaration urged men to disobey the draft in order to force an end to the war. ... Those who actively opposed the Vietnam War did so because they believed the government was treating citizens of the draft unjustly and illustrat...

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Thoreau, publisher of Civil Disobedience 1849, was one of the first advocates for civil disobedience, not just in writing but also through practice, by refusing to pay taxes "to a US government that supported slavery and war" for which he was imprisoned. ... Throughout the history of Australia there have been a number of social movements and civil uprisings which have included: the McCarthy movement (1950s), Trade unionism (1950s), the movement against 54B and the Vietnam War (1960s), anti-war protests, anti-corporate globalisation, and ecological and green movements (Burgmann, 1993). ...

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However, much was negative: student and anti-war protest movements, political assassinations, and ghetto riots excited American people and resulted in lack of respect for authority and the law. The decade began under the shadow of the cold war with the Soviet Union, which was aggravated by the U-2 incident, the Berlin Wall, and the Cuban missile crisis, along with the space race with the USSR. The decade ended under the shadow of the Vietnam war, which deeply divided Americans and their allies and damaged the country's self-confidence and sense of purpose. ... Hippies,...

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As a result of this opposition, King sought to widen his appeal beyond his own race, speaking out publicly against the Vietnam War and working to form a coalition of poor Americans – black and white alike – to address such issues as poverty and unemployment (Pepper, Williams 1968). ...

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