Word: antiwar
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...Committee is now holding hearings on proposed Senate antiwar legislation. The representatives from the Mayday Collective-the first group of radical antiwar demonstrators ever to testify before the Committee-requested and received permission Monday to appear before the Committee...
...being utilized by the illegal mercenary forces of the Executive Branch." The parody of military jargon is skillful, and with good reason: D.C. Ill will be carried out by a brigade of 5,000 Viet Nam Veterans Against the War. The veterans will mount one of the most elaborate antiwar protests of the spring. Dressed in fatigues and battle ribbons and carrying plastic M-16 rifles, they will "occupy" Washington for five days, holding a memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery, lobbying on Capitol Hill, then fanning out across the city-as they have in New Jersey and elsewhere...
...rally on the Ellipse and march down Pennsylvania Avenue. The National Peace Action Coalition, heir to the Moratorium supporters of the late '60s, will stage speeches from antiwar Senators and Congressmen, folk singing and the march. Organizers predict several hundred thousand for the April 24 demonstration; even with the Government expecting no more than 50,000, it is certain to be the largest showing of the three-week period. - Workshops and lobbying at various Government agencies by the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice. Protesters plan to enter Government office buildings-the Justice Department, HEW, Selective Service...
...platform with Abbie Hoffman and the Black Panthers. Only a month ago she was marching in Cambridge to protest the Government's treatment of Angela Davis. Only last week she delivered the welcoming address to a feminist rally on Boston Common and she is slated at the Washington antiwar rally on April 24. An ardent Women's Liberationist, she makes frequent speaking appearances at high schools and colleges, arguing for abortion on demand and job equality...
...does not think the antiwar movement has lost its momentum, but simply that "you can't keep up a fiercely visible resistance 100 per cent of the time...