Word: antiwar
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There must have been two dozen of them, listening to the TV, waiting to hear the lottery numbers. Those who got the low numbers left right away; the rest stayed around to celebrate. What would this do to the antiwar movement, anyway...
Sharp divides the applications of his strategic theory between domestic and international conflicts. Although one wishes that he had spent more time discussing the tactics of minority groups and of the antiwar movement in this country, his international proposals are certainly intriguing...
...picket line or a boycott much longer than the few hours of a Lexington sit-in or the few days of a Washington demonstration. The action becomes their primary purpose in life; they cannot go home and resume normal activity until the next demonstration, as do the American antiwar protesters. Sharp demands a full-time commitment which thus far in this country has only been produced in rare cases-notably the black civil rights activities and the grape strike...
...commencement time a year ago, U.S. campuses throbbed with antiwar protests, the trauma of student killings at Kent State and Jackson State. In 1971, the year-end mood is dramatically different. While seniors chase scarce jobs, the campuses face a mounting financial crisis that may change the shape of U.S. higher education. At the same time, student activists are switching from radical protest to privatism, piety and politics. After examining such trends across the country, TIME National Education Correspondent Gregory H. Wierzynski sent this report...
...ratifying the constitutional amendment giving 18-year-olds the vote, coupled with disputed residency rules, may keep many from voting in near-campus elections. Still, hundreds are interviewing candidates and canvassing local voters. Among current presidential prospects, Nixon is mistrusted at best, loathed at worst. Though admired for his antiwar position, McGovern is shrugged off as an uninspiring one-issue candidate. McCarthy is viewed more as a historical figure than a live possibility. Only Ted Kennedy evokes a lively response...