Word: factionalization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Another faction of drivers led by Curtis, emerged saying Crehan and his following had represented their own views as those of the whole group. Several days later, a majority of the drivers voted to officially call off the threat of a strike. But the drivers also voted to unionize, preferably independently. They hinted at the possibility of joining District 65 of the United Auto Workers, which historically has enjoyed a highly antagonistic relationship with the University...
Ironically, the other necessary factor in a passive resistance movement, Kaunda concludes, is a violent faction. The oppressors, even if they are moral, can often ignore the quiet distrubances of the non-violent protestors. But when, as happened in the United States in the '60s, other demonstrators, like the Black Panthers, advocate change by violent means, then the oppressors must choose between the less painful of the two choices to placate the oppressed. The fear factor forces the issue, and morality contrainsts lead to a peaceful solution...
...November. At the same time, under pressure from the U.S., Schmidt also announced a 1.75% increase in defense spending. Suddenly faced with the prospect of frozen welfare spending and cuts in foreign aid and environmental programs, some 50 leftist deputies in the normally well-disciplined 218-member Social Democratic faction in the Bundestag broke ranks. Their rebellion threatened to undermine Schmidt's 45-seat parliamentary majority...
...founding fathers recognized and denounced the "spirit of faction." That spirit has always existed in our highly contentious nation; the broad consensus that supposedly prevailed in earlier days is largely a nostalgic illusion. We will never turn into a republic of virtue, animated by perfect brotherhood. We are too large, too varied, too free and too human for that. But in the past at least we usually managed to rule ourselves through rough accommodation, based on the recognition that while I may subdue my neighbor on one issue today, he may subdue me on another tomorrow. The founders thought...
Hill, described by New York City police as a "knockabout felon," served as an errand boy for the Paul Vario faction of the Lucchese family. When Hill was arrested on narcotics charges last year, he agreed to testify against his former friends in exchange for federal protection...