On May 10th, 2024, IPK’s Associate Director Michael Koncewicz was quoted in a piece for The Guardian by John Semley titled “‘Police raids are nothing new’: student protesters from 1960s see history repeating itself” Read the excerpt below, then click for the full article.

The New York University historian Michael Koncewicz notes that the anti-Vietnam war movement drew a broader coalition: not just progressive college students and American communists but liberals of all stripes. “There were people who viewed the Vietnam war as a tragic mistake that we needed to end. And then there were those who viewed it as a criminal act perpetrated by the American empire,” he says. “Those two sides were both on the streets.” That said, in his research and reporting, Koncewicz has found broad levels of support for the current movement among older radicals. “This is something that not a lot of young New Leftists had in the 60s and 70s: actual support from elders.”

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