Word: 1960s
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Motorcycling had a bad image prior to the 1960s--a marginal sort of image, perpetrated and supported by movies like the Marlon Brando film, 'The Wild One,'...about an alienated kid who confronted his hostility by being part of this motorcycle gang that goes into a small town and causes utter chaos," according to Booth. The Hell's Angels, a "notorious, infamous gang of outlaws who ride primarily Harley [motorcycles]," also contributed to this negative image of bikers...
Since then, activism has changed drastically--but for the better. Campus activists have learned from the mistakes of the 1960s, and have furthered their own political causes as a result...
...1960s, a popular adage was "Never trust anyone over 30." Today, not only do activists trust their elders, they work along side them, as student support for the Harvard Radcliffe Alumni/ac Against Apartheid attests. Student activists working in coalition with adults is an indication of the strength of moral purpose that motivates those advocating divestment, not a sign of weakness in the campus movement...
...root of these criticisms is that campus activists have become "professionalized" and therefore lack true dedication to their cause, like the heroic figures of the 1960s. This criticism fails to understand how grass-roots movements must develop. Leftist movements in this country--regardless of the issue--generally lack the financial strength and political contacts that their opponents possess...
...tendency to merge radical thought with pragmatic tactics is the key to success for any movement today. Radical tactics such as those used by the violent Weather Underground in the late 1960s and early 1970s ignored the need for public support and ultimately led to defeat. The use of non-violence, on the other hand, by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led to a groundswell of mass support, and subsequent victories such as the Voting Rights...