Word: mayday
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...SCLC-which organized the noon meeting in Franklin Square and the Justice Department action in conjunction with the Mayday collective-had no permit for an assembly or a parade...
Police are still working minimum 18-hour shifts-usually beginning at 4 a.m.-and are visible throughout the city. Many Mayday participants are leaving Washington although organizers vow they will continue civil disobedience at the Capitol today...
...considering the calculated and lightning-quick manner in which police have responded to Mayday activities so far, chances are good that demonstrators will not get anywhere near the premises...
...Mayday tribespeople made a brave try to shut down the administration of a vicious war, and we who were not there owe them honor and emulation. Their action will be a failure only if their spirit dies in Washington...
Thurday's action is important for a number of reasons. In the wake of yesterday's mass arrests in Washington, we can expect the traditional punditry about the disorganization of the antiwar movement. A massive civil disobedience in Boston just two days after the Mayday actions will serve dramatic notice that the movement will not go away until the murder is stopped...