Word: againstness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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THIS WEEK's series of demonstrations by the November Action Coalition of Boston is a well-designed first step toward preventing Amreican involvement in wars of national liberation. The demonstrations are planned against some of the most blatant examples of the design and implementation of counter-revolutionary strategies.
The NAC demands the immediate withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam and supports the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, These principles are a firm basis for mobilizing further support throughout the country and a foundation for the growing movement against the present nature of American foreign policy.
The NAC demonstrations include last Saturday's women's rally at Fenway, a several-day protest against war research projects at MIT, and a mass march in downtown Boston next Saturday. In preparation for the demonstrations, the coalition has helped to establish radical organizations in many colleges and high schools...
The main demonstrations, those at M.I.T. are directed against specific projects from the Instrumentation Laboratory and the Center for International Studies. The cancellation of the seven specific projects demanded by the NAC would substantially reduce the government's ability to prosecute counter-insurgency wars.
DEMONSTRATIONS against these projects are only the first step in an attempt to change the educational machinery at M.I.T. from its defense-related bias. They are the beginning of a city-wide movement to end M.I.T.s participation in all war research and add still more volume to the growing cry...