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Altbach, Philip G.

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

David McReynolds Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-134
Abstract David McReynolds (1929-2018), was an activist with the War Resisters League, the Socialist Party USA and the Democratic Socialists of America. He was an editor of Liberation magazine in the 1950s and a leader of the WRL from the 1950s until his retirement in 1999. McReynolds ran for Congress twice and for President of the U.S. twice, including a run in 2000. McReynolds has attempted to integrate anti-war and pacifist philosophy with Socialist economics. David McReynolds was openly gay and...
Dates: 1943-

Student Peace Union Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-065
Abstract

The Student Peace Union was founded at the University of Chicago in 1959. It was an intercollegiate student group whose members believed that neither war nor the threat of war could any longer be successfully used to settle international disputes.

Dates: 1959-1967

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Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
College students -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
College students -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1