Word: defend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...institutional roots of racism, which depersonalize our prejudices and make it easier for us to defend them," said Ribicoff, "are as deeply embedded in the large metropolitan communities of the North as they are in the small rural communities of the South." He cited Government studies that show that nearly half of all black students outside the South attend schools that are more than 95% black (compared with more than 70% in the South). Added Ribicoff: "If Senator John Stennis of Mississippi wants to make honest men of us Northern liberals, I think we should help him." The basic cause...
...matters before him. U.S. District Judge Julius Hoffman, no kin to Abbie, refused to delay the trial for seven weeks so that Black Panther Scale could be represented by his regular lawyer, Charles Garry, then about to be hospitalized. When Scale repeatedly shouted for the right to defend himself, Hoffman had him bound and gagged, and eventually handed him a four-year sentence for contempt. The judge severed Scale's case, thus reducing the Chicago Eight to the Seven. Time and again, Hoffman ruled out evidence that Defense Attorneys William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass tried to present, including...
...most vicious slurs on us is the blame for prison "gang rapes." These rapes are invariably done by people who consider themselves straight. The victims of these rapes are us and straights who can't defend themselves. The press campaign to link prison rapes with homosexuality is an attempt to make straights fear and despise us. so they can oppress us more. It's typical of the fucked-up straight mind to think that homosexual sex involves tying a guy down and fucking him. That's aggression, not sex. If that's what sex is for a lot of straight...
...chances of winning the crown are slim. Also entered in the competition will be Anil Nayar. Last season, as Harvard's captain, Nayar became the first collegiate player in 33 years to win the national amateur title. Nayar will be seeded either one or two in his attempt to defend the crown...
...proposal to support the New Mobilization Committee's anti-draft week (scheduled for March) and an Independent Front resolution to actively integrate civil disobedience into demonstrations, the conference passed a motion to leave tactics up to local SMC chapters. The national SMC will continue to oppose the draft and defend any member who violates draft laws...