After undergoing a self-described "conversion to socialism," Spock became an activist in the New Left and anti-Vietnam War movements during the 1960s and early 1970s, culminating in his run for President of the United States as the People's Party nominee in 1972.

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Nov 16, 2009 · A Federal District Court jury in Boston convicts Dr. Benjamin Spock and three others, including Yale University Chaplain William Sloane Coffin, Jr., of conspiring to aid, abet and counsel draft...

On November 27, a new left-wing antiwar movement, the People’s Party, nominated Spock as its candidate for president in the 1972 presidential election. Though he did not win the election,...

Dr. Benjamin Spock was a card-carrying member of the Eastern Establishment until a presidential remark set him on a different path. It ended with his criminal conviction for opposing the Vietnam War. He started out as a WASPy pediatrician who wrote a best-selling book.

Mar 30, 2023 · He was an early opponent of the Vietnam War and a featured speaker at anti-war demonstrations beginning in 1967. In 1968, he and four other activists faced arrest and trial on federal charges of violating the Selective Service laws for conspiring to actively encourage young men to resist the draft.

Mar 15, 1998 · Pediatrician and author Benjamin Spock used his fame to bring attention to the Vietnam War and nuclear proliferation. In 1965 he encouraged Martin Luther King to join him in criticizing United States policy in Vietnam.

Jan 4, 2018 · In April 1967, Spock, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and entertainer Harry Belafonte led an estimated 300,000 people on a march to the United Nations headquarters in New York City, the largest...

Jan 5, 2018 · Fifty years ago, Benjamin Spock and four others were accused of urging young men to violate the draft laws. The federal indictment of the influential 64-year-old physician stunned the nation.

Feb 25, 2022 · As the war escalated, the tactics of the “New Left,” of which Spock was a de facto member, became more focused. Spock wrote that he had never been a pacifist, supported World War II, NATO, and the US role in the Korean Conflict. 5 Vietnam was different.