Historical Connections - 1968 and 2024 Democratic National Convention

Today I ask Craig about the year 1968 and the Democratic National Convention. He gives me a history lesson on the year leading up to the riots in Chicago.

References: 

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 2024 DNC speech.   

Senator Raphael Warnock’s 2024 DNC speech.   

The Executive Summary of the “Rights in Conflict” report regarding indiscriminate police violence at the 1968 DNC.   

The dates discussed in 1968 came from “1968” from Wikipedia. 

The Catonsville 9 issued a report on their actions. 

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed both the civil rights movement and his opposition to the Vietnam War in his April 4, 1967 speech at Riverside Church in New York City.   

Robert Reich describes the Social Security cap on payroll taxes which corrects Craig's statement about the cap in our previous podcast.