# Kent State Massacre

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6 PM ET: Hope Hicks testifies, Kent State commemoration, Rep. Cuellar charged & more

Hope Hicks takes the stand in the hush money trial against Former President Donald Trump. Negotiations between Israel and Hamas intensify as they try to reach a hostage deal. 54 years after the Kent State massacre, there’s an uprising on college campuses reminiscent of the protests at Kent State. S…

Brian VanDeMark on the Kent State Massacre and What the Shootings Meant to America

On May 4, 1970, during a rally on the campus of Kent State University opposing expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia by United States military forces, as well as protesting the draft and the Ohio National Guard’s presence on campus, all it took was 13 seconds for 28 National Guard soldiers to fir…

MAGA Incites Violence on Campus

Overlooked in the campus protests is the witch-trial hearings by MAGA Mike Johnson's House that bullied university presidents and scrutinized their federal funding, pressuring them, as Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton famously wrote in the Newspaper of Power, to "send in the troops." Ultimately, the res…

Whole World in an Uproar: Music, Rebellion and Repression (1955-1972)

Aaron J. Leonard returns to the show to discuss his newest book, "Whole World in an Uproar: Music, Rebellion and Repression". Throughout the interview, we play many of the artists and songs mentioned in the book and conversation (time stamps below). Together, Aaron and Breht discuss the history, so…

4 May 1970: Kent State massacre

Mini-podcast about the massacre of students protesting against the bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam war by National Guard troops in Ohio in 1970. Learn more about opposition to the Vietnam war in episodes 43-46 of the Working Class History podcast, here. See all of our anniversaries each day…

Georgia Battling Western Interference; US Sanctions China; Police Beat Down Protesters

Mark Sleboda, Moscow-based international relations security analyst, joins us to discuss suspicious protests in Georgia as US operatives work to derail anti-interference legislation and the anniversary of the Odessa massacre. KJ Noh, writer, activist, and teacher, joins us to discuss the elections …

Kent State Massacre: From Protest to Tragedy

On May 4, 1970, a student protest against the Vietnam War at Kent State University ended in unimaginable violence when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd of unarmed demonstrators. In just 13 seconds, four students were killed and nine others wounded—some of them bystanders si…

Episode 20. Kent State Massacre

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Kent State Massacre — going to hell in a handbasket

The Kent State Massacre When I was 8 years old, my biggest fear was Vietnam. I had two uncles that went over there, only one returned. The big kids in my neighborhood wore “black power” and “freedom” buttons and patches on their jackets, they talked about the was in Vietnam and of the stories the…

050426 Missiles Fly in the Gulf, Article 5, ICE Battled, Did NYPD. Know, Kent State Massacre

Retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson is Vietnam veteran who served as chief aid to former Secretary of State Colin Powell