Word: dissents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dictatorship cannot possibly lead to a lasting solution of the tensions which have built up in Greece since Papandreou's dismissal as prime minister in 1965. The Army is not sufficiently strong, united, or popular to contain dissent for long especially in the face of opposition from the moderate right, symbolized by the king. There will probably be bloodshed and the regime, if insecure, may resort to political executions...
After last weekend's peace marches, neither the Pope nor the Vice President need worry about American moral power. The demonstration proved once again the viability of dissent within a free society and, though it was attempting to do nothing of the kind, spoke eloquently for what the U.S. is trying to defend in South Viet Nam-namely, the right to speak...
None of the non-participants challenged the right of dissent-simply the fact that this particular protest seemed based on a double standard that assumed Washington's guilt and Hanoi's innocence. Despite the marchers' pacific plea-"Make War on Poverty, Not People"-the sad fact of the "Spring Mobilization" was that it might only serve to prolong the war in Viet Nam. The ultimate accomplishment of the marchers who so gaily painted one another with psychedelic designs and marched down Madison Avenue in the cause of "love, not war," may be to encourage Hanoi...
...extended land war will result in serious internal political consequences. Although most of us organizing in communities have only been marginally affected by the war thus far, we will soon find that when national solidarity becomes of paramount importance to those waging the war, they will not tolerate internal dissent-about anything. Within our own and other organizations we must begin to prepare for this eventuality. Extended escalation will affect the character of domestic politics on another front as well: with or without a declaration of war, dissent will soon be regarded as treasonous. Strikes will basis for the liberal...
...Unfortunately, the anti-war movement itself is involved in these public-relations images, and is likely to be seriously demoralized, both by the escalation and by the disappearance or substantial retreat of Congressional opposition and other established dissent....There is a very real danger that frustration is leading to feelings of imponence which may immobilize potential organizers. Nonetheless, we believe that the anti-war movement is capable of making a significant, immediate response in the face of the new situation and that it must do so if it is to maintain its integrity and its identity as an independent force...