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What the World Needs Now

alms — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:43:26 -0800

What the World Needs Now Is Love Sweet Love (Abraham, Martin and John) (direct mp3 link), via My Life, h4cK3D!.

In an Instant.

scody — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:41:10 -0800

In an Instant. "Would a doctor come right here?" David Steiner, 65, reflects on how the night of June 5, 1968, changed his own life forever. (LA Times reg. req.)

RFK Funeral Train

doug3505 — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:10:47 -0800

RFK Funeral Train A moving audio and photo account of photographer Paul Fusco's experience on the RFK funeral train to Washington DC. {via NYTimes Magazine}

The Heartbreak Campaign

kirkaracha — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:27:05 -0800

The Heartbreak Campaign. "Increasingly opposed to the Vietnam War, Robert F. Kennedy struggled over whether he should challenge his party’s incumbent president, Lyndon Johnson, in 1968. His younger brother, Teddy, was against it. His wife, Ethel, urged him on. Many feared he would be assassinated, like the older brother he mourned." Excerpt from Thurston Clarke's The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America, due to be published later this month. Morley Safer, The Burning of Cam Ne. LBJ said Safer's 1965 CBS report on Marines burning a Vietnamese village "shat on the American flag" and demanded a security check, which revealed that Shafer "wasn't a communist, just a Canadian." LBJ responded, "Well, I knew he wasn't an American." Robert F. Kennedy, transcript of November 26, 1967, appearance on Face the Nation. Eugene McCarthy, November 30, 1967, Announcement of Candidacy for President [audio link on this page] Robert F. Kennedy, January 4, 1968, What Do We Stand For? The Liberation of the Human Spirit [Google cache] Robert F. Kennedy, February 8, 1968, Unwinnable War speech Robert F Kennedy, March 16, 1968, Announcement of Candidacy for President

"Yes, of course he has the stuff to go all the way," John J. Lindsay replied. "But he's not going to go all the way. The reason is that somebody is going to shoot him. I know it and you know it. Just as sure as we're sitting here somebody is going to shoot him. He's out there now waiting for him And, please God, I don't think we’ll have a country after it."

Robert F. Kennedy on the death of Dr. King

XQUZYPHYR — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:19:42 -0800

"In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it's perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in." Robert F. Kennedy on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., killed 40 years ago today.

Goodbye John , goodbye Martin, goodbye Bobby

nola — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:56:08 -0800

For your consideration, "Six White horses" [youtube] As footnote to the events of November 22, 1963 . April 4, 1968 . June 5, 1968. A collection of photos and a recording of Tommy Cash's "Six White Horses" , which was writen by Larry Murray.

Sirhan Sirhan or the Tin Foil Hat?

orthogonality — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:30:54 -0800

"I was in Dallas when we got the son of a bitch and I was in Los Angeles when we got the little bastard."

Film-maker Shane O'Sullivan has spent the last three years investigating the assassination of Bobby Kennedy in 1968. He has uncovered new evidence that at least three CIA agents were in the hotel the night he died. Tonight we [BBC's Newsnight programme] show the findings and ask could CIA agents have had something to do with the murder of RFK?

flip — Mon, 19 Nov 2001 08:49:14 -0800

The RFK Department Of Justice? That's what the news is. President Bush will name the Justice Department after Robert F. Kennedy citing his contributions to fighting organized crime and the logical links to today's war on terrorism. The book, Robert Kennedy: His Life, has great stories on how RFK took on the mafia. But don't you think Bush is pulling a fast one to get liberals to forget how much the current AG John Ashcroft is rolling back civil liberties?