Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akapika senhengo yeCity Council muna 1968, Cohen akava mutungamiri wemapoka akazvimirira eCity Council, uye akashanda kuti atarise City Council pamatambudziko akamboregererwa nezvekugadziriswa kwenzvimbo, hutano hweveruzhinji, kusvibiswa kwemhepo, tsika dzehurumende, kugoverwa kwemabasa eguta, uye hukama hwemadzinza. Akasarudzwa mumiririri kuDemocratic National Convention ya1968
, Cohen akatsigira mushandirapamwe weMutungamiri waRobert F. Kennedy naEugene McCarthy, uye aigara achitaura pamisangano inopesana neHondo yeVietnam.