Don Behm papers, 1971-1980

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Behm, Don, 1952-

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Papers of a journalist and activist in leftist Madison, Wisconsin, politics. The collection documents Behm's involvements in organizations such as the Mass Party Organizing Committee (1971-1976), t...

Papers of a journalist and activist in leftist Madison, Wisconsin, politics. The collection documents Behm's involvements in organizations such as the Mass Party Organizing Committee (1971-1976), the Common Sense Coalition (1978-1979), and issues such as the case involving Michael Cooper, an AWOL ROTC student wah died resisting arrest (1976-1977), the Peace and Jobs Referendum (1978-1979), the James Rowen mayoral campaign (1978-1979), and the Howard Morland-Progressive magazine hydrogen bomb case (1979-1980). Materials include correspondence, leaflets, broadsides, some organizational records, and subject files. Also included is a "War Resisters Organizing Manual" prepared by the War Resisters League in 1977. Photographs include images from several peace marches in Madison, Wisconsin Dells, and Waupun, Wis., circa 1976.

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