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...Americans could agree with Cornell Economist Douglas Dowd, a Berrigan ally: "It would be quite amusing if it weren't so serious." Is it possible that the Berrigans???who, though lawbreakers and rebels, have always preached non-violence?have now turned to violent and bizarre methods? Or is it possible that the Government has drawn monstrous conclusions from flimsy evidence, perhaps taking protesters' idle speculations with total solemnity? The first could help rekindle the fires of protest that have seemed dimmer lately and also revive lingering fear and hate of radicals. The second could again put in question the Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Berrigans: Conspiracy and Conscience | 1/25/1971 | See Source »

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