Benjamin Spock

:"Dr. Spock" redirects here. For the Star Trek character, see Mr. Spock.

Politics

Spock was politically outspoken and active in the movement to end the Vietnam War. In 1968 he was prosecuted by then Attorney General Ramsey Clark, alongside four other men, on charges of conspiracy to counsel, aid, and abet resistance to the draft. Spock and three of his alleged co-conspirators were convicted although the five had never been in the same room together. His two-year prison sentence was never served, as the case was appealed and in 1969 a federal court set aside his conviction.

Related Topics:
Vietnam War - 1968 - Ramsey Clark - 1969

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Spock was the People's Party candidate in the 1972 United States presidential election with a platform that called for free medical care, the legalization of abortion and marijuana, a guaranteed minimum income for families and the immediate withdrawal of all American troops from foreign countries. http://rwor.org/a/v19/950-59/951/spock.htm In the 1970s and 1980s, Spock demonstrated and gave lectures against nuclear weapons and cuts in social welfare programs.

Related Topics:
People's Party - 1972 United States presidential election - 1970s - 1980s

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