The 1968 Vietnam conference traded theoretical debate for Münzenberg-style solidarity appeals.

Evidence

In February 1968 the SDS at Berlin’s Technical University organized an International Conference on Vietnam, followed by a demonstration. The event aimed to adopt Willi Münzenberg’s policy of using conferences to appeal to feelings of solidarity, and was intended as a departure from earlier student conferences that had involved theoretical analysis and discussion, like that with Marcuse in Frankfurt in 1966. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 659

Categorization

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• XREF: connects to: The 1968 Vietnam conference marked a turn to solidarity over theoretical analysis. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2640
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Broader Connections

• The 1968 Vietnam conference marked a turn to solidarity over theoretical analysis. #corroborates (0.97) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2640