Word: lefts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Willis Shotwell, assistant dean of students, warned the barricaded students in Moses Hall they would be subject to university discipline and arrest if they did not leave by 4:35 p.m. The deadline passed with no response, but many left an hour or so later by a rear door...
When Moses Hall was left open, the students decided to move in and take over...
There are several possibilities. In 23 states it is now possible to vote for a party of the left and have one's voted counted. In these states, one should vote to the left of the major three candidates--whether it be for Eugene McCarthy, Eldridge Cleaver, Dick Gregory, Fred Halstead (Socialist Worker), or Henning Blomen (Socialist Labor). In several other states, court fights are now going on to get electors pledged to left-wing candidates recognized by the regular state organizations...
...states like Massachusetts where no left wing candidates qualify for the ballot or for a legal write in, one should refuse to vote for the Presidency...
...addition, voters in many states have worthwhile candidates for Congress to vote for, like the 11 Senate candidates who are forming as a left wing coalition around McCarthy. No one is going to prevent the next Congress from being conservative, but the election of men like these will help. They could, in the future, form the nucleus for an effective left wing movement in this country, as Wallace has become the nucleus of the Right. Like the refusal to vote for Humphrey, Nixon or Wallace, their election would be a step toward honestly appraising how bad things...