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...characterizations of the low level agents who risked so much to open up to him. The eight agents whom Ungar profiles rapidly in a seven-page section are all cut out of a likeable if not loveable mode. Ungar seems especially enamoured with the younger agents--members of the "Berrigan 1000" group who were hired after the Fathers Berrigan were accused of plotting to kidnap government officials and blow up buildings. Although we expect these recruits to be of a Young-Americans-for-Freedom stripe, they emerge in Ungar's description as "loose and free-thinking agents...
Jesuit Father Daniel J. Berrigan and Noam Chomsky, well-known political activists of the '60s, spoke in Boston Saturday in an open discussion on "Politics As A Vocation: Why We Do What...
...Berrigan, in contrast, devoted the bulk of his talk to analyzing American mores, without much mention of political theory...
...Catholic priest closed with a warning regarding construction of nuclear arms. "Builders of nuclear weapons-- they're really after our souls," Berrigan mused...
...cannot help observing that Father Berrigan takes great pleasure in his rebelhero status. When asked if there will be a resurgence of activism in America, Berrigan pondered a moment and then replied with a wry smile, "I am the resurgence...