Word: anti-war
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...while panelists defended Bush-era security policy, an anti-war reception was filled to capacity. The audience enthusiastically greeted a surprise visit from Dick Cheney, even as others railed against the Patriot Act his team crafted. Activists defended the legalization of marijuana in the hallways, and a new group called Whole Life sought to expand the pro-life movement into one with a larger social justice message. In the Exhibition Hall two booths down from the National Organization for Marriage, members of GOProud advocated for gay rights. And this wasn’t voluntary cognitive dissonance. It was the marketplace...
...portraying the individual’s struggle to cope with the atrocities of combat, the show—as light-hearted as it could be—delivered a profoundly resonant anti-war message. “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen,” the two-and-a-half-hour series finale, was predicated on an event so traumatic as to drive Hawkeye into a mental hospital. In this sense, “M*A*S*H” was radically ahead of its time—“Good Morning Vietnam” was arguably the first Vietnam...
...promises of outreach to adversaries and consultation and coordination with allies certainly cleared away some of the negative atmospherics left by the Bush Administration. However, his substantial policy positions have proven to be remarkably similar to those of the second-term, chastened-by-reality George W. Bush. Indeed, anti-war Democrats groaned when the President, in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, referred to "evil in the world" and hailed America's willingness to use force abroad over the past six decades as an essential component of global security. The neoconservatives cheered. (See a report card on Obama's first...
...1950s and ’60s, however, the scope and the character of folk music and culture began to change in Cambridge. Fueled social movements including women’s rights, civil rights, and eventually anti-war protests, folk music emerged as a key outlet for young people looking for a distinctive way to express themselves...
...actions by smaller groups on Sept. 25. Resistance has kept its numbers and the makeup of its alliance a secret; it has also kept mum about the specific actions that are planned for Friday's big protest. Unlike the 11 other organizations (led by the Thomas Merton Center?s Anti-War Committee, Three Rivers Climate Convergence and the local chapter of Codepink) hitting the streets, the Resistance Project has actively avoided applying for a city permit to protest and is likely to meet, in turn, resistance from law enforcement. (Read "Why Is the G-20 Being Held in Pittsburgh...