Today Bevan Ramsden and Andrew Fullerton discuss the growth of the movement in opposition to the war, which culminated in the historic Vietnam Moratorium Campaign, which began in 1970 and involved hundreds of thousands of Australians from all walks of life taking to the streets to oppose the Vietnam War and conscription

 50 years ago, on May 8^th 1970, the first nationwide Moratorium rallies in Australia were held, following a similar campaign in the United States. Bevan, you were very involved in organising the campaign. Can you tell us why the Moratorium achieved what it did, despite intense hostility from politicians and the mass media?