Word: movment
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...Activists argue that Sept. 11 has actually drawn the West's attention to poverty and the way it creates the kind of instability that has made the world such a dangerous place. And in Europe, at least, the most successful mass protest movment since the 1960s might soon be adapted to new aims. On a recent cold night in London, a meeting of Globalise Resistance filled Camden Town Hall nearly to capacity. The ostensible purpose of the meeting was to watch a film about Indonesia's sweatshops. But the talk on the floor was about how activists should respond...
Former Clinton legal advisor Vernon Jordan talked about the role of the civil rights movment in his professional success at the ARCO Forum last night...
...INDONESIA Taking No Chances Government troops shot and killed the military leader of the separatist movment in Aceh province while police in Jakarta sought to crack down on a militant Muslim group. An army spokesman said Aceh rebel leader Abdullah Syafei, his wife and five others died during a raid on his jungle base on Sumatra Island. In Jakarta, police detained Mujahidin Council leader Abu Bakar Ba'asyir for questioning about possible terrorist links...