Teach - in
The teach-in tactic was developed by Marshall Sahlins in 1965. The goal of teach-in was to educate public about the Vietnam War. The setting of teach-in was in Q&A form and more like debate as well, where the public had chance to express themselves and ask any questions they had. The first teach-in took place at University of Michigan from 8pm March 24 until 8 am March 25. The teach-in was a successful method therefore, soon it was implemented in other schools as well.
After two days of the first teach-in Columbia University hosted the all night teach-in which was attended by 2000 students. The largest teach-in took place at U.C. Berkley which was held from May 21-22, 1965. Vietnam Day Committee (VDC) founded by Jerry Rubin, and Professor Stephen Smale organized the teach-in. The teach-in was attended by over 30,000 people.
After two days of the first teach-in Columbia University hosted the all night teach-in which was attended by 2000 students. The largest teach-in took place at U.C. Berkley which was held from May 21-22, 1965. Vietnam Day Committee (VDC) founded by Jerry Rubin, and Professor Stephen Smale organized the teach-in. The teach-in was attended by over 30,000 people.
Sit-in
Sit-in is a tactic introduced in the Civil Rights Movement. The tactic came into place because of the racism in the restaurants. In the 50s and 60s there were restaurants where service was not provided to colored people. Thus, colored protestors went into the restaurant and take a seat and wont leave until he / she was served. The owner used to call cops and get them arrested, then another colored protestor went and took the seat. Many protestors got arrested because of this tactic during Civil Rights Movement.
In similar manner sit-in tactic came into effect in the Anti-Vietnam War Movement when Dow Chemical company came to recruit students at University of Wisconsin. The Dow Chemical company produced "Napalm" for the U.S. government, which was used is Vietnam war. Napalm is a dangerous chemical substance which peel off the skin of people and kill them. The protestors were aware of the effects on Napalm and they did not wanted Dow Chemical to use public space to recruit students which led them to occupy space at Commerce building of University of Wisconsin. The protestors were aware that to occupy the space is against the law and they knew they would get arrested and the sit-in could turn violent. However, they were ready for the consequences and as a result there were 76 (63 protestors and 13 lawmen) people who got hurt.
In similar manner sit-in tactic came into effect in the Anti-Vietnam War Movement when Dow Chemical company came to recruit students at University of Wisconsin. The Dow Chemical company produced "Napalm" for the U.S. government, which was used is Vietnam war. Napalm is a dangerous chemical substance which peel off the skin of people and kill them. The protestors were aware of the effects on Napalm and they did not wanted Dow Chemical to use public space to recruit students which led them to occupy space at Commerce building of University of Wisconsin. The protestors were aware that to occupy the space is against the law and they knew they would get arrested and the sit-in could turn violent. However, they were ready for the consequences and as a result there were 76 (63 protestors and 13 lawmen) people who got hurt.
Marches
The other tactic used by the Anti-Vietnam War protestors are marches. The protestors held marches on Washington D.C., Pentagon, Dow Chemical, New York City and so on. The first massive protest was organized by Student for Democratic Society in April 17, 1965 which was attended by 15,000 to 25,000 people. The main reason for the huge turn out was teach-in tactic. The largest demonstration took pace during 1969 known as, "Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam." It was a mixture of demonstration and teach-in that took place across the United States. Almost 500,000 people participated in the moratorium.