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...next step in the campaign against Nuclear Power is "to go door-to-door in New Hampshire with the safe energy platforms, talking to local folks and encouraging them to confront presidential candidates at public speakings on the nuclear issue," Harvey Wasserman, a founder of the Clamshell Alliance, said last night...
Carter's militarism perpetuates international conflict as a game of superpower chicken, opposing Soviet aggression with U.S. resistance in a steady escalation towards open warfare. Carter's underlying assumption is that the U.S. goal is to confront the Soviet Union directly; in fact that goal should be to block Soviet expansionism. Carter should not resort to self-serving bravado that is as empty as it is dangerous. Instead Carter should seek to place the U.S. at the head of the broad-based international movement now condemning the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by supplying arms in areas directly threatened by Soviet...
Because of the nature of their work, Place volunteers are very aware of current political and social problems. Frequently they must confront the question of whether to address the larger social issues a caller's specific problems illustrate or to help them adapt to a messed-up social system. This problem is particularly acute on women's issues because the feminist approach of many Place volunteers suggests more radical action than some callers are ready to take...
...BOTTOM line is that Canadians must confront an election a mere six months after going to the polls. Attitudes in Toronto this week ranged from disgust to, at best, martyr-like tolerance. The May 22 results clearly showed a polarization along East-West lines. The Liberals dominated Quebec, the Tories swept the West and the NDP chipped away across the country. Conservative primacy in Ontario swung the scales to the Tories, but this time a surge in Liberal sentiment seems certain in Ontario...
...Administration pronouncements, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan is not an attack on the U.S. It is an attack on Afghanistan. It is also a warning to the non-aligned nations, a good example of Soviet intentions and attitudes towards national self-determination. Before we go rushing off to confront them, we should consider the effect of our actions on the Third World nations we are supposedly interested in anyway...