Word: discontentment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Long a source of grim jokes and bitter complaints by the Soviet public, the chronic shortage of many consumer goods has only worsened under perestroika. Nonetheless, the Kremlin has been reluctant to dip into its hard-currency reserves (around $40 billion, according to Western estimates) to buy consumer goods from...
There is no reason, however, why the "violent few" model must be adopted for 1989 activism. A fair reading of the 1969 Spring of Discontent reveals that Harvard reacted when two-thirds of the students struck--not when a few dozen zealots carried Dean Archie Epps into the Yard. Mass...
The accomplishments of the '69 spring of discontent are notable. The University no longer lends facilities and academic legitimacy to ROTC. Harvard now grants degrees in Afro-American studies. And a low-income tenement that Harvard intended to demolish still stands.
Holly R. Zellweger '90, who helped with themobilization, said it is important forpro-choicers to express their discontent with theCourt and administration through the march.
The issues were unique to the particular colleges, but across-the-board they reflected a growing sense of discontent with traditional education and its social implications. Black studies, draft resistance, anti-war protest and community relations dominated the activists' demands, as students joined with progressive faculty and community organizations to...