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'Incendiary Agents' Sermonizes Weakly Against War

In 1967 a Jesuit priest led a team of three men to break into a Baltimore draft office, pouring blood (including some of their own) on draft files to protest the escalation of the Vietnam War. Although he spent years in jail, the priest continued similar raids when released on bail. As anti-war sentiment grew, the protests spread across the country: dozens of Americans burning and destroying draft cards, inspired by …

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:17PM on March 5, 2013

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