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Shrum, former special assistant and chief speechwriter for Sen. George S. McGovern (D-S.D.), and Alan L. Otten, on leave from his position as Washington Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal, were co-leaders of the study group...
...programs and services to my community. I ran for Congress in 1970 to publicize the declining conditions in my area. I lost narrowly to Herman Badillo and came back in 1971 to form my own political club. During the 1972 election, I was a strong supporter of Sen. George McGovern (along with Patrick J. Cunningham) and was elected a Democratic district leader. As a party official, I have been able to use my influence to bring additional services to my constituents. Last year, I won election to the City Council in a tri-borough district. I really have no long...
...Give Peace a Chance" and then go back to their home communities. After the demonstration, or the "moratorium" as they prefered to call it, most liberals went back to their day to day routine. A few got active in congressional and senatorial campaigns or joined the McCarthy and McGovern crusades. However, very few went back to organize demonstrations on a local basis. Direct action tactics have usually been frowned upon. Tonight, it is essential that these tactics be used against Gerald Ford when he comes to the Harvard Club...
...Senate level or higher. Those liberals who were willing to work did not always have the desire to work in low visibility campaigns. Very simply, many liberal activists like to be around the media and in the center of attention. One need only look at the 1972 McGovern campaign to see an example of this. It seemed every day that "sources" in the McGovern campaign were leaking information to the press about who was fed up or about to be fired. The American people knew the internal workings of the McGovern campaign as well as the candidate, thanks...
...draw upon the past and gain both the knowledge and the inspiration to shape the future. We can learn from Chile and Vietnam and George McGovern and countless other people; we can sharpen our senses until suffering in the most remote region in the world becomes as loud and clear as crying next door. And we can fulfill, each in his or her own way, our obligations to each other, and we can start to take back our planet from the murderers and the liars...