Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvaakanga abatanidzwa neDemocratic Party kubvira paakatanga kuvhota, nokuda kwaFranklin D. Roosevelt, muna 1968 Butterworth akava sachigaro wekambani yepurezidhendi yaEugene McCarthy yeConnecticut uye akashanda gore iroro somumiririri ku
Gungano reDemocratic National. Achirwisana neHondo yeVietnam, akapinda mumisangano yerunyararo uye muna 1971, Butterworth, senhengo yeAmerican Friends Service Committee, akaenda nevatumwa 169 kuParis kuzokurukura mamiriro ekuwana rugare kuti apedze hondo. Semunhu aida zvorugare, aida kuti hondo ipere nokukurumidza, asi pashure pemusangano wacho akanzwa kuti kana Hurumende yeUnited States isina kutanga chirongwa chorugare, nechibvumirano chakarongwa chokubva, kurwisana kwacho kwaizopfuurira. Kwamakumi amakore Butterworth airatidzira Mugovera woga woga, muWest Hartford Center, mukurwisana nehondo, kubatanidza idzo dziri muNicaragua, Iran neIraq, pamwe chete nokushora zvombo zvenyukireya. Akashandawo pabhodhi renyika reDare reNuclear Policy, rinozivikanwa chete seSANE.