Background
Lyttle, Bradford Janes was born on November 20, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Harold and Marcia Taft (Janes) Lyttle.
political scientist Nonviolent political activist
Lyttle, Bradford Janes was born on November 20, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Harold and Marcia Taft (Janes) Lyttle.
Bachelor in Philosophy, Earlham College, 1949; Master of Arts in English Literature, University of Chicago, 1951; Master of Arts in Political Science, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1976.
He was an organizer with the Committee for Non-Violent Action of several major campaigns against militarism, including "Omaha Action", against land-based nuclear missiles (1959). "Polaris Action" against submarine-based nuclear missiles (1960). The San Francisco to Moscow Peace Walk (1961).
And the Quebec-Washington-Guantanamo Peace Walk (1963).
In 1965 Bradford gave lectures on "Non-Violent resistance" for the newly founded Free University of New New York Among his theoretical works are a 1958 pamphlet presenting the case for nonviolent national defense against aggression.
And a mathematical formula called "The Apocalypse Equation", which argues that, over time, the probability of nuclear missiles being used approaches 100%. He ran as a write-in candidate in the 1984, 1996, and 2000 elections, and on the ballot in the state of Colorado in 2008.
In 2008 Lyttle came in second to last of sixteen candidates in Colorado for which he received 110 votes, beating only Gene Amondson of the Prohibition Party.
Lyttle has been arrested for nonviolent peaceful demonstrations many times. In 1996, Lyttle, David Dellinger, and Abbie Hoffman"s son, Andrew, were among ten people arrested for a sit-in at the Chicago Federal Building during the first Democratic National Convention held in Chicago since 1968.
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Imprisoned for military draft refusal, 1954-1955.
Married Mary Suzuki, December, 1967 (divorced 1969).