Word: extremists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some of the disintegration of the campus protest movement naturally comes from the aging of any extremist group as its views and tactics move toward the center (or as the center moves toward it). A similar phenomenon accompanied the success of SCLC and SNCC in the civil rights movement. Perhaps the divestment movement is just becoming old and tired--especially to the students that have watched it spring after spring...
...wonders if the SAS is concerned with Palestinian rights or the destruction of the Jewish State. Adam A. Sabra, president of SAS claims that "the posters were first designed as an information campaign." Does Sabra honestly believe that isolated photos with one sentence captions and bold-lettered quotations of extremist settlers constitute "information?" The posters exemplify the blatant attempt to play on people's emotions. One poster even cites the directions on a tear gas canister used by Israeli soldiers. I suppose this too was intended for people to "consider the issue," as Sabra puts...
...weeks ago militant Jews who live near Hebron and Ofra decided to strike back at the rioters. Settlers have raided Arab towns, vandalizing cars and houses. Armed with Uzis, pistols and billy clubs, ultrafanatic inhabitants of Kiryat Arba, home of Meir Kahane's extremist Kach movement, pile into cars and vans every day to patrol the roads leading to Hebron and Nablus. They claim that their purpose is to "supplement" the Israeli army; their real intent seems to be provocation and revenge. "The Palestinians are not afraid of the soldiers," insists Shmuel Ben-Yishai, a spokesman for the Kiryat Arba...
Dole or Bush may be able to soothe the fears of some moderate Republicans, but the influence of Robertson's extremist disciples in the party will be undeniable. If his luck continues, Robertson could emerge from the primary season controlling a sizeable portion of the convention delegates, poised to shape the Republican platform. In the last two elections independents and defectors from the Democratic party, mesmerized by Reagan's charisma, chose to ignore the Republican Party's beholdenness to the far Right; this time they won't have that chance...
Again, I appreciate McGanney's article, her thoughtfulness and her careful research. I disagree with her conclusions, and believe her absurd accusations of elitist plotting only weaken her argument. Her extremist views rest less on a consideration of the facts than on her own preference for "experimental" drama and an overzealous fascination with the power of a name. Andrew C. Watson '88 President, HRDC