#the party 1968

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[claustrophobicandexcatholic]

[blackfolksintime]

Photographs from ‘The Black Panthers’ series by Ruth-Marion Baruch (circa 1968-1969) via the UC Santa Cruz University Library Digital Collections

[kropotkindersurprise]

No more pigs in our community; OFF THE PIGS! No more brothers in jail; OFF THE PIGS! The pigs are gonna catch hell; OFF THE PIGS! Revolution has come; OFF THE PIGS! It's time to pick up the gun; OFF THE PIGS!

Some inspirational Black Panther chants, from the 1968 Black Panther short "Off the pigs!"

[forever70s]

art by Black Panther Party member, Emory Douglas (pictured at bottom photo in 1968)

[thegikitiki]

Party Time, 1968

[oldpersonnewspaper]

On this day in 1968, Pigasus was nominated for president and Phil Ochs was arrested.

[undergroundrockpress]

December 31, 1968 / New Year’s Eve Zap-In. Photos : Alexas Urba.

[melancholicstation]

senator robert f. kennedy, while campaigning in san fransisco was asked by a reporter if the senator about republican speculation that he was going to "give the goldwater speech in california" to which the senator replies,

"are they? well then are they all going to vote for me?" the senator quips sarcastically before making his motor exit.

[65eatonplace]

Sharon Tate with gal pals Patty Duke and Wende Wagner at the Los Angeles wedding reception held by Steve Brandt for Sharon and Roman Polanski in 1968.

Sharon and Patty had a hit film at the time with "Valley of the Dolls" and Wende had a hit TV series with "The Green Hornet"

Other notable guests included Barbara Parkins, Faye Dunaway, Jerry Schatzberg, Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould.

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[ludmilachaibemachado]

December 25, 1968 — Ringo Starr & Maureen Starkey With your Zak Starkey and Jason Starkey at 3 Savile Row attending Apple's first Christmas party🎄🎄🎄

Via @about_the_beatlegirls on Instagram🌹

[contemplatingoutlander]

This Salon article by Ian Hanley-Lopez is well worth taking the time to read. Although it was written in Dec. 2013--BEFORE the age of Trump, it was prescient of the continued trajectory of the Republican Party towards a white nationalist agenda. The article describes:

How the indirect racist messaging of "dog whistle politics" began with George Wallace, using the language of being opposed to "arrogant federal authority," and being for "states’ rights," "law and order, running your own schools, [and] protecting property rights." Even though Wallace was a Southern Democrat (and later an Independent) the "dog whistle" strategies he employed were later appropriated by the GOP in the "Southern Strategy."

How the GOP's "Southern Strategy" slowly developed in the 1960s, when Goldwater began to push “states’ rights,” as well as “freedom of association." This strategy over time helped the Republican Party begin to appeal to those white voters who still held overt or covert racial prejudices.

How Kennedy and Johnson, by promoting civil rights legislation, turned the Democrats into the party identified with championing the civil rights of marginalized racial and ethnic groups.

How Richard Nixon fully embraced the "Southern Strategy," through his messaging of being for "law and order," and against the "forced busing" of children (to integrate public schools). As he gradually adopted this strategy, Nixon also turned against one of his own administration's earlier policies (developed by George Romney), which Nixon later derided as the "forced integration of the suburbs."

How, according to Hanley-Lopez, these changes in the racial strategies and policies of the diverging Republican and Democratic parties in the 1960s/early 1970s contributed to "the rise of racially identified parties," with a majority of white voters shifting to the GOP (which became "in fact, though not in name, the White Man's Party"), and the Democratic Party being associated with racial and ethnic minorities (as well as a smaller proportion of white voters, i.e., well-educated whites, especially white women). [color emphasis of terms, quotes added]

Echoes of Nixon's 1968 campaign ad in one of Trump's 2020 campaign ads

Hanley-Lopez mentions a 1968 Nixon campaign ad that focused on "exploiting the growing panic that equated social protest with social chaos." Above is the video of that 1968 ad: "The First Civil Right." Below is a transcript of the video:

TRANSCRIPT* (Music with snare drum and dissonant piano chords) MALE NARRATOR**: It is time for an honest look at the problem of order in the United States. Dissent is a necessary ingredient of change, but in a system of government that provides for peaceful change, there is no cause that justifies resort to violence. Let us recognize that the first civil right of every American is to be free from domestic violence. So I pledge to you, we shall have order in the United States. [TEXT: THIS TIME VOTE LIKE YOUR WHOLE WORLD DEPENDED ON IT. . .NIXON] [Color/ emphasis added.]

This 1968 Nixon campaign ad is eerily like at least one Trump 2020 campaign ad, "Abolished," which used some out of context video footage in order to exploit the fears of many white conservative voters regarding the Black Lives Matter protests and the poorly worded "Defund the Police" slogan.

Below is a transcript of the Trump campaign's 2020 "Abolished" video.

TRANSCRIPT*** [ Phone ringing/ Answering machine beeping/ background music. ] AUTOMATED FEMALE VOICE: You have reached the 911 police emergency line. Due to defunding of the police department, we're sorry but no one is here to take your call. If you're calling to report a rape, please press 1. To report a murder, press 2. To report a home invasion, press 3. For all other crimes, leave your name and number and someone will get back to you. Our estimated wait time is currently five days. Goodbye. [ TEXT: Joe Biden's supporters are fighting to defund police departments. Fox News, 6/6/20 | Violent crime has exploded. ABC News, 6/24/20 | You won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America. | TRUMP   PENCE   KEEP AMERICA GREAT   20 ] TRUMP: I'm Donald J. Trump and I approve this message. [Color/ emphasis added.]

In conclusion, the barely covert racism in the GOP's political messaging that was so prominent during Trump's administration, and currently in the DeSantis Florida administration (among other GOP administrations) was not new. It was deliberately fostered by Republicans, starting in the 1960s, as they deployed their "Southern Strategy" to woo white voters who still had some overt or covert racial prejudices. The "Southern Strategy" relied on Republicans incorporating into their messaging strategies the kind of covert racist messaging that George Wallace used.

This strategy has unfortunately succeeded all too well.

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______________ *Transcript source (before layout changes/ edits) of the 1968 Nixon campaign's ad "The First Civil Right,"(alternatively called "Law and Order"): Museum of the Moving Image, The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2012. **Note that the "male narrator" sounds a lot like Nixon (at least to me). ***The transcript of the Trump campaign's 2020 "Abolished" ad is based on the English auto-generated YouTube transcript, as well as the video text and sounds/music.

[mattachineparty]

[onemorecupofcoffee]

protestors chant "the whole world is watching!" at the 1968 national democratic convention, chicago

[thepopoptic]

Just like Johnson in '68, Democrats destroy America, blame others, then drop out.