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Unnamed speaker urges 'creative maladjustment,' ties civil rights to opposition to Vietnam War
Summary
At a public event, an unnamed speaker called for a renewed "revolutionary spirit" against poverty, racism and militarism and said civil-rights advocacy must remain linked to opposition to the Vietnam War.
An unnamed speaker at a public event urged listeners to “recapture the revolutionary spirit” and adopt what the speaker called "creative maladjustment," arguing that the U.S. should oppose poverty, racism and militarism.
The speaker framed the appeal as both moral and political, saying that failure to make democracy real had driven some toward Marxism. "This has driven many to feel that only Marxism has a revolutionary spirit," the speaker said, adding that "communism is a…
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