Word: movement
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...really letting the reformers down. But a destabilized Eastern Europe carries dangers for the West as well as for us. What we need is an influx of working capital and the economic freedom of movement that would allow Hungary to participate in the marketplaces of the European Community...
...heart of the opposition movement is the New Forum, an amorphous collection of mild-mannered pastors, artists and writers who coalesced only six weeks ago around a vague demand for "democratic dialogue." Although New Forum is technically illegal, it has gathered the signatures of more than 20,000 adherents, ranging from teachers and train drivers to electricians and factory foremen. Unlike Poland, where union workers sparked a popular insurrection, no single sector of society fuels the unrest in East Germany. The dissenters lack both a leader with Lech Walesa's charisma and a specific agenda...
...movement's strength is its links to the Protestant Church, which is attended by more than 40% of East Germany's 16 million citizens. Since the 1970s, it has provided a forum for human-rights and peace advocates. Last week churches in East Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden became the gathering points for demonstrators and the refuges for protesters when they met up with truncheon- swinging riot police...
Some members will not go even that far. Beneath the New Forum umbrella are half a dozen smaller groups that bear such optimistic names as Democratic Awakening and Movement for Democracy Now. One of them, the United Left, seeks to eliminate the ruling party's Stalinist heritage and to form independent trade unions, but its members are avowed Marxists who fret that any "fundamental opening up of society" could threaten Communist rule. These differences could make consensus difficult if the New Forum attempts to draw up an agenda. For now, the various factions are not inclined even to merge. Says...
China By The Charles: Although the Head of the Charles regatta this Sunday is expected to draw more than 100,000 revelers for that quintessentially preppy sport of crew, organizers of a new student group promoting awareness of the Chinese pro-democracy movement see it as a perfect chance to get across their message. Joseph C. Kusnan '93, who helped found Harvard Students for a Democratic China, said the group has obtained permission to sell t-shirts at this weekend's festivities...