![]() ĪMY GOODMAN: We’re on the road in Sacramento, California, as we continue our 100-city Silenced Majority Election 2012 tour. We play excerpts of “One Bright Shining Moment” about McGovern’s 1972 grassroots campaign for the presidency, featuring interviews with the candidate himself supporters and activists like Gore Vidal, Gloria Steinem, Warren Beatty, Howard Zinn and music from Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Donovan and Elvis Costello. ![]() He is also known for transforming how the Democratic Party chooses its presidential nominee and for his efforts to end world hunger. As a decorated World War II pilot who flew B-24 bombers over Nazi Germany, McGovern did not fit the stereotype of antiwar leaders in the 1960s and 1970s. Although he ultimately lost his election bid by a landslide, McGovern shattered the consensus in Capitol Hill around the Vietnam War as one of the first senators to speak out against the war. troops from Vietnam, reducing defense spending, and providing amnesty to those who evaded the draft. ![]() ![]() A family spokesperson has announced last week the 90-year-old McGovern was “at the end stages of his life.” McGovern was best known for running against Richard Nixon in 1972 on a platform of withdrawing U.S. ![]() McGovern’s death on October 21, we aired Steve Vittoria’s award-winning documentary, “One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern,” narrated by Amy Goodman. ![]()
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