Detroit Committee to End the War in Vietnam - Definition and Overview

The Detroit Committee to End the War in Vietnam was the city-wide anti-war organization that mobilized numerous actions in the city between 1965 and 1972(?)and helped bring thousands of people to mass protests in Washington DC. Often there was internal conflict over slogans and politics within the group between social democrats, members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) which finally gained ascendency.

Much of the history is available through comtemporary reports in the Fifth Estate newspaper available at different archives including the University of Michigan's Labadie collection.