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young and old to exalt mediocrity and convention. Criticism of the social order was still imbued with implication of treason. The wasr in Korea was unpopluar, but it was never subject to the searching criticisms and mass demonstrations that currently characterize opposition to the war in southeast Asia.

The blanket of fear was lifted by Black youth. When they took their struggle to the streets, a new spirit of resistance was born. Inspired by the boldness and ingenuity of black people, white youth stirred into action and formed an alliance that aroused the conscience of the nation.

? - Today we find increasingly ^what? parallels to the 1950 McCarthy period⁶ in many ways we need as many people who have come out for one day million ? peace marcches, to exert fulltime pressure to the question of Nixon-Agnes-Mitchell-Hovver's 1970 verson of McCarthyism. The people must not be silent. Our voices must be heard. Those who cry for peace is Vietnam must see also the victims of the war at home. We cannot be totally free until Angela Davis and all political prisoners are free, even if we bring all the troops home from southeast Asia.

Thus we must see repression clearly. We in the south particulary if we are black but also if we are of ^or low income and or today have long hair have witness some of the most degrading forms of repression.