Word: dissenters
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...Dissent: Fix Advising, Don't Punish Students
...editorials often spurred action. In the '70s, when Ian Smith's whites-only government ruled what was then Rhodesia, says Mapfumo, "music inspired youngsters to fight that oppressive regime." Zimbabwe is independent now, he says, "but the struggle is not yet won." In a land where most trickles of dissent are quickly dammed, Zimbabwe's two musical legends sing on and sing out like floods. They have different styles - the brash Mapfumo is more head-on political; Mtukudzi, the soft-spoken storyteller, prefers parables. But their songs are variations on a common theme - building a great Zimbabwe. While Mugabe jets...
...White House’s drive to war has been challenged prominently by France and Germany, but the Feb. 15 protests also show dissent for war within the U.S. and Britain—whose leaders are the most aggressive in pushing for war. Some American politicians have ignored or underplayed the considerable public opposition to war, thus thousands of people decided that they were unable to simply rely on their representatives—instead they traveled to New York, braved the weather and maneuvered around the police in order to directly voice their opinions in a public...
...Dissent:Standing up for Tyranny
Poets also read works of dissent at the Wordsworth Bookstore, the Grolier Poetry Shop, the Cambridge Public Library and in front of the Science Center throughout the day yesterday...