Four Dead in Ohio
Four Dead in Ohio This Special Issue of Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change reflects upon global student and youth activism 50 years after the infamous May 4, 1970 National Guard…
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Four Dead in Ohio
This Special Issue of Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change reflects upon global student and youth activism 50 years after the infamous May 4, 1970 National Guard shootings of student activists demonstrating against the US wars in Vietnam and Cambodia at Kent State University in Ohio, USA. However, it was neither the first nor last time student movements faced violent opposition during protests for peace, equity, democracy, and structural change.This volume examines how youths mobilized for change, faced repression, and were commemorated. That incident drew attention to state violence and youth attempts to build peace.
Chapters assess mobilizing a global movements; how fear of and constraints on youth undermine activism, and the construction student peace The first section focuses on how society views and responds to youth and student political engagement.