Moratorium Badge circa 1970
Political polarities
Becoming very personal.
The spectre of conscription &
A shrinking world
Sparks debate – often heated.
Kent State University*, another hemisphere?
A world away once, a shared pain now.
Julie McKenzie,
Julie in the middle – about 18 months after this memory.
Moratorium badge proudly worn
On NHS uniform
Brings cheers from many.
First in our year
To hit the streets.
Notes & Extra:
* Kent State University was the site where 4 students were killed and 9 others injured when the Ohio National Guards opened fire on them during an anti-war demonstration. A tragic irony – the war to liberate the Vietnamese and gift them democracy began to fought on a second front, the domestic front, where the battle was to limit expressions of democracy. And “democratic” leaders seemed blind to the irony.
Neil Young wrote this song very soon after what has been called the Kent State Massacre …
365 Short Memories 
Hey, that’s me on the right in the photo above. I was a good friend of Julie McKenzie’s, but haven’t seen her for many years. I’d love to catch up with her. Seeing this photo is amazing! Max, do you remember me? My name was Sandra Rodgers back then.
Hi Sandra,
Yes, I do remember you very clearly and that you were close to Julie – you can probably contact Julie through her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/julie.mckenzie.14?fref=ts – it is amazing to see those old school photos and see what they bring to mind.
Are you living in Sydney region … occasionally a few of us get together and have a few drinks, tell stories, remember shit etc etc. Anyway keep in touch – my email address is max.cowan1@gmail.com and if you’re a Facebook user you’ll find a NHS group tat has a whole lot more photos.
stay well
max
Sandra, Thanks again for visiting and making a comment – because you did I noticed the clip for “Ohio” was broken – now fixed. cheers max
well hi guys. Sandra found me, thanks Max. I think I was 13 when I went to my first anti Vietnam War rally at Sydney uni. Exciting times.
Yes, they were – good to hear that Sandra got in touch. BTW – I notice that my email address was wrong in my earlier comment – dunno what happened there but it is now corrected.