Igqala lemfazwe yase-US eVietnam, uJim Driscoll wayeka ukufundisa eMIT ngo-1982 ukuze asebenze ixesha elizeleyo kwintlangano yoxolo nobulungisa. Wakhulela eWest Lynn, intlalontle eqhubela phambili, i-Irish-Catholic, yabasebenzi, wasebenzisa izidanga zakhe ze-Ivy-League ukunyusa i-30 yezigidi zeedola kwiminyaka edlulileyo kwimibutho eqhubela phambili kunye ne-radical awayisekayo kwaye wayinceda ekukhokeleni. Phakathi kwazo, iNuclear Weapons Freeze yayiyeyona inkulu eyathi yanqumamisa iMfazwe Yomlomo. Uvavanyo loXolo lwaseMelika luncede i-13,000 ukubanjwa e-Nevada kumzamo ophumeleleyo wokumisa uvavanyo lwenyukliya lwase-US. I-Arizonians yoNyulo olucocekileyo luphumelele imali epheleleyo yoluntu kulo lonke unyulo lukarhulumente apho, benceda ukukhokela loo ntshukumo yesizwe. Kutshanje, i-Extinction Rebellion ivale i-quadrant emhlophe, kumntla-ntshona we-DC kabini ngaphezulu kokutshintsha kwemozulu. Kwangaxeshanye, iminyaka engamashumi amathathu ebeyinkokeli ekwinqanaba elisezantsi kwiindawo ezimbini ezinkulu, kodwa eziyimfihlo zokuxhasa abalingane. Ubhalo lwakhe lunxulumanisa oko akufundileyo kuzo zombini ihlabathi lobutshantliziyo kunye nenkxaso yoontanga. Utshatile unabantwana ababini, abazukulwana abasibhozo. Ngethuba lobomi bakhe, wakhetha ukulandela usapho kwilizwe lonke kwaye ngoku uhlala eNorth Bethesda, MD, eU.SA, ngaphandle kwe-DC, apho wancedisa khona ukusungula i-Green New Deal yendawo.