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Scientists debate the role of scientific research in the
military-industrial complex and consider the complicity of academic
science in American wars. On March 4, 1969, MIT faculty and
students joined together for an extraordinary day of protest.
Growing out of the MIT community's anguish over the Vietnam War and
concern over the perceived complicity of academic science with the
American war machine, the events of March 4 and the days following
were a "positive protest"-a forum not only for addressing political
and moral priorities but also for mapping out a course of action.
Soon afterward, some of the participants founded the Union of
Concerned Scientists. This book documents the March 4 protest with
transcripts of talks and panel discussions. Speakers included Noam
Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Lionel Trilling, and Nobel Laureate George
Wald, whose memorable speech, "A Generation in Search of a Future,"
was widely circulated. Topics of discussion ranged from general
considerations of the intellectuals' political responsibility to
specific comments on the Vietnam War and nuclear disarmament. This
fiftieth anniversary edition adds a foreword by Kurt Gottfried, a
physicist, participant in the March 4 protest, and cofounder of the
Union of Concerned Scientists. He writes, forcefully and hopefully,
"Fifty years ago, a remarkable awakening was occurring among
American scientists about their role in society. This volume offers
a fascinating snapshot of that moment on March 4, 1969, and the
activities and discussions collected here remain relevant and
resonant today." In an era when many politicians routinely devalue
science, we can take inspiration from the March 4 protests.
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