convention '04 | Sam Allis

An election with echoes of the '60s

By Sam Allis

Globe Columnist / July 29, 2004

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The '60s are never far away at convention time. They loom stage left, a blur to many of us, a black hole to the rest. They provide essential context for politicians, pundits, and activists desperate for analogies. Vietnam, civil rights, you name it. Take Tom Hayden, the aging avatar of protest in that decade who crashed his way to radical ... (Full Article: 691 Words)