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PCPJ and NPAC have called for a national moratorium on May 5 to commemorate the killings at Jackson State and Kent State. In Boston, there will be a rally on the Common, where members of the PCPJ (mostly from the American Friends Service Committee and MassPax) will construct either one or a series of geodesic domes to serve as information centers for local anti-war activities. Organizers hope to be able to keep the domes open through the summer, but if that proves impossible, they will attempt to open a storefront near the Common to serve as their information center...
...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...
...American Friends Service Committee is at 48 Inman St., Cambridge (864-3150), and MassPax is located at 65a Winthrop St., Cambridge...
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