Word: activists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...What the report did not say was that Raditsela, a prominent black South African union leader, had died a day after his release from police custody last week. He was not the only victim of apparent official violence. Later in the week, South African police confirmed that another black activist, Student Leader Sipho Mutsi, 20, had died after suffering "convulsions" while undergoing police interrogation. In Mutsi's case, the autopsy report noted that death could have been caused by "a blow on the top of his head...
There has, I think, been a great deal of misunderstanding of the concept of non-violent protest. I consider myself a liberal and an activist might be taken more seriously by liberals and activists than if a member of the club enunciated them, I wish in particular, to refer to a recent meeting of that club, at which a representative of the South African government spoke and to the recent occupation of the Harvard Cooperation of fices...
Normal Heart reviews the unfolding of the epidemic through the eyes of a querulous but sincerely righteous gay activist. Audience members may feel inclined to tune out during the protracted debate over the direction of gay political movements, and Playwright Kramer belabors his belief that the proper response to AIDS is universal sexual abstinence, at least among gays. But he captures the panic and self-hatred that AIDS has unleashed. He dishes up highly imaginative invective, not least toward a character based upon himself. And he creates a complex, interesting romance between his surrogate, played by Brad Davis (who starred...
...seven politicians attending the forum, which was sponsored by state and local Nuclear Freeze activist groups, were Democrats...
Other candidates have also begun their active campaigning. Carla Johnston, long time freeze activist, had already produced printed campaign literature, which was distributed at the forum...