The 禁漫天堂 Network will be reporting live from Chicago throughout the week bringing you the latest on the Democratic National Convention.
The Democratic National Convention is in Chicago, Monday August 19 through Thursday August 22.
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How to watch
禁漫天堂 will have live video from the United Center each night of the convention starting at 9 pm ET.
On Wednesday and Thursday night, 禁漫天堂's politics team will be hosting coverage with analysis throughout the evening.
The history of the DNC in Chicago
Chicago has hosted 鈥� most recently the , and perhaps most notably the .
As 禁漫天堂 senior editor and correspondent , "Chicago 鈥�68 has been repeatedly conjured as the epitome of disaster like the sinking of the Titanic, or the stock market crash of 鈥�29."
At , President Lyndon Johnson had announced he was not running for re-election, and Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. Vice President Hubert Humphrey was then left to battle it out for the nomination with anti-war Sen. Eugene McCarthy.
Huge crowds of demonstrators came to Chicago in 1968 for the DNC, protesting U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, pushing for racial equality and an end to poverty.
Protestors and police ended up clashing, with violent images on TV
But beyond the convention location, there have been a number of echoes of 1968 playing out in 2024. (And not just in the political world: Both years also saw new Planet of the Apes movies, and U.S. moon missions, as .)
In April, historian Keith Orejel summed it up
"I mean ok, Columbia has unrest and there's widespread anti-war activism, that might be coincidence. But there is a guy named Robert Kennedy running for president and the [Democratic National Convention] is in Chicago. Like is this a bit?"
A few months later we had President Biden announced
But while over this week's convention, especially as it relates to protesters and security, than it was in 1968 鈥�
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Live updates from the convention
Starting Monday follow 禁漫天堂's live blog for the latest updates, analysis, fact checking and color.
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