The Chicago DNC everyone wants to forget

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🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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When Chicago hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1968, it descended into riots in the street and chaos on the floor. Historian Rick Perlstein talks about whether 2024 risks a repeat. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andi Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King. Photo credit: Bettman / Getty Images. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Noel King at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, not in the convention hall
0:06.7	but out in the streets.
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0:09.8	Union Park is the starting point of this year's big protest against Israel's war in Gaza.
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0:26.9	they are responsible. This morning the protest organizers were drawing this
0:31.2	comparison to 1968.
0:35.0	This is the Vietnam War of our generation.
0:38.0	In late 60s, early 70s, hundreds of thousands,
0:42.0	millions of people in the United States were in the streets to stop that war.
0:47.0	When the DNC was in Chicago in 68, a massive Vietnam war protest spiraled into violence when police attack protesters.
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