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Protest against the war in Indochina will continue today, as demonstrators attempt to shut down Boston's JFK Federal Building...
...Throughout yesterday, Federal officers checked all packages brought into the JFK building...
...aware of any plans beyond the talking stage to "close down the JFK Federal Building in Boston through massive non-violent civil disobedience." You state "if police attack demonstrators, however, individuals will be free to defend themselves." PAX will not participate under such conditions...
Organizers of the moratorium hope that people will stay overnight on the Common, both to demonstrate that the Common belongs to the people of Boston, and to have everyone on hand early the next morning for the planned non-violent civil disobedience at the JFK Building...
...PCPJ, led by MassPax and the American Friends Service Committee, will attempt to keep the JFK Federal Building from opening by blocking its entrances. The protest will involve non-violent civil disobedience, and arrest is not unlikely. Organizers assume the police will arrest only those directly blocking access to the building, so that people supporting the action, but not wishing to get arrested, should be able to participate without fear of arrest. Demonstrators will allow themselves to be arrested without resisting, unless the police attack the protestors. In such an event, individuals would be free to defend themselves...