Word: movement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More than the feared police, many of the demonstrators however, even worried that their "direct action" tactics might split the growing anti-nuclear movement...
Protesters had come to Seabrook in years past--their goal to stop construction on the giant nuclear plant now one-fifth complete. Last May, the talk-is-cheap part of the anti-nuclear movement began planning a new tack in the fight. Instead of peaceful protests or acts of civil disobedience, they wanted "direct action." Cut down fences, occupy the plant, resist arrest, they said. That tactical change bred other shifts--in decision-making, in the attitude of the authorities, and the mood...
...deny that. I went to Seabrook partly because of the issue, but mostly because I wanted to see a major non-violent occupation take place. There are a thousand questions this weekend raises about the futures of non-violent direct action in America and the anti-nuclear movement. But there is one thing that is very clear: There are at least 2000 people in this country who believe they have a right to protect their health and that of future generations. They will try again...
...feminist movement is "entrapped in the bedrock of 'woman is wonderful,'" Wittig said...
...conclusion. So it was in Paris in January. After the issue of the demilitarized zone between North and South Viet Nam was settled (we agreed that the zone is a provisional military demarcation between two parts of Viet Nam-thus recognizing the separate entity of South Viet Nam; no movement was to be permitted across the DMZ by military units, but civilian movement through it would be negotiated), there remained primarily the theological issue of how to sign the documents so that Saigon did not have to acknowledge the Communist-front Provisional Revolutionary Government. We devised a formula according...