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Donald Trump’s 1968—and Ours: Todd Gitlin


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In August 1968, 50 years ago this week, young antiwar demonstrators fought the police outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, while the whole world was watching.  It was the culmination of an overwhelming year for the anti-war movement. But where was young Donald Trump?  His inspiration was not Martin Luther King, but rather Hugh Hefner, Todd Gitlin explains–he’s an activist, a sociologist, and author of "The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage."

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