Word: groupness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clumps of police surrounding the site. The seven-foot fence, topped with three strands of barbed wire, will become a symbol--fence-cutting represents direct action against the plant; and among the happiest shouts of the weekend is the one that goes up Monday morning when one group returns from a nighttime foray with 30 feet of the tempered steel. But now, the fence is only in the way, and the goals--the rusting reactor vessel and the turbine building, each flying an American flag--stand outlined in the dawn...
...been injured, but you know it's really all over. Sure there will be action tomorrow--a march and a rally and some meetings and a little Mace, and some independent fence-cutting. But they'll keep building Seabrook, at least until next spring when you and your affinity group come back to shut it down again. So you talk with friends, for a while and listen to the spokes meeting, and then, in a gusty 45-degree wind you crawl into your sleeping bag. The Guard are down on the railroad tracks--30 of them 20 yards away...
...began to move back along some railroad tracks. After awhile I could walk calmly, and I spotted members of my affinity group. We hugged and held each other, most of us crying. The last to join us was George, who had been beaten. He told us Adam had gone passive, remaining in a fetal position, and had been arrested...
Each affinity group of a dozen or so friends sent one spokesperson to each meeting. Only the spokesperson could vote. A man and woman lead each meeting, and the positions rotated. Hierarchy was avoided; charismatic leadership squelched. It was invigorating to be a part of this form of decision-making. Each spokesperson had a right to be heard, and each man and woman were respected equally...
Thomas B. Bracken, attorney for Brookline Citizens to Protect the Environment, yesterday declined comment on the letter, adding that his group has already written Fierra to protest the DEQE counsel's recommendations...