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Lessons from 1968 for Today: Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Five years ago, to put it lightly, I was slightly obsessed with the Chicago Seven. Every school report of choice somehow miraculously resulted in writing about this protest of the Demecratic party’s support for the Vietnam War that took place in 1968 outside of the National Democratic Convention in Chicago. Eight left wing radicals of different groups were charged for conspiracy of crossing state lines to incite violence.