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...instance, that U.S. citizens are being punished under the measure without due process? Is it right to penalize lower and middle income students while those who can afford to do without federal aid remain unscathed? The law and its history encapsulate much of the present administration's hatred of dissent and disregard for the economically disadvantaged...
...Lots of oppressive measures work, but it is assumed that people's resistance, community objections and philosophical protests are integral aspects of the situation, and will be reported. By punishing thousands of people without granting them a trait the government has succeded in serving its own interests and quelling dissent without the critical dialogue and messy public debate usually associated with courtroom proceedings. Especially in conditions like these, the writer was obligated to consider more than merely the bald fact of increased compliance. It would seem routine to interview a student who is actually being affected by the measure...
...House insisted that the fundamental question is the "responsibility of the President to exercise [his] constitutional power of appointment." But Senators of both parties were outraged. Texas Democrat Lloyd Bentsen fulminated that "the President's action is a form of tyranny, the tyranny to put down voices of dissent." Maryland Republican Charles Mathias professed himself "shocked" by Reagan's "callous insensitivity to the efforts of congressional leaders" who had been trying to work out a compromise. John Shattuck, an official of the American Civil Liberties Union, voiced a suspicion common among civil rights activists. Said he: "The President...
...this was a prelude to a weekend of climactic demonstrations. On Saturday some 700,000 West Germans massed in four cities-Bonn, Hamburg, Stuttgart and West Berlin-in an act of dissent they hoped would mark a turning point in their nation's history. On that same day in London, upwards of 200,000 Britons marched through the streets to a rally in Hyde Park. In Vienna, Stockholm, Rome, Paris, Dublin, Helsinki, Brussels and Madrid, as well as in dozens of towns and cities throughout the U.S. and Canada, the worldwide peace movement stretched its legs and shouted...
...government has exploited that enthusiasm by invoking the threat of the CIA-backed contras. The Sandinistas began cracking down on dissent shortly after their 1979 takeover, and to impose a tough "emergency law" in March 1982 they seized upon an incident in which contras blew up two bridges near the Honduran border. Among the law's provisions: prior censorship and detention without due process. As the contra attacks have continued, the Sandinistas have successfully appealed to nationalist sentiment while using the external menace as an excuse for not fulfilling earlier promises. Says Junta Coordinator Daniel Ortega Saavedra...