... the American senate were vocal in their condemnation of their countries involvement in Vietnam during the summer of 1964. This inspired the anti Vietnam war movement that appeared in the following year. The anti war movement was to be of a scale never before seen within the US. Teach-ins are mass public demonstrations organized and based around universities. The first teach-in against the Vietnamese war was held on March 24 1965 at the University of Michigan, this first display of opposition was mirrored in numerous other campuses around the US. The fact that these protests spread to so many middle class elitist universities captured much public and press attention. The teach-ins were reliant upon students being able to mobilize, this was only possible during term times and so the teach-ins were only partially effective. The success of the teach-ins can be seen in the fact that they acted as propaganda ...

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