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...NAC demonstrations include last Saturday's women's rally at Fenway, a several-day protest against war research projects at MIT, and a mass march in downtown Boston next Saturday. In preparation for the demonstrations, the coalition has helped to establish radical organizations in many colleges and high schools where little previous political activity existed...
...main demonstrations, those at M.I.T. are directed against specific projects from the Instrumentation Laboratory and the Center for International Studies. The cancellation of the seven specific projects demanded by the NAC would substantially reduce the government's ability to prosecute counter-insurgency wars...
Given the goals of the demonstrations, the NAC has wisely chosen to make the protests non-violent. The NAC has stated that demonstrators will initiate no violence against students. staff, faculty, administrators, policemen or property. That policy is not only wise, it is necessary for the success of the demonstrations...
...advocating demonstrations, the NAC has said that large numbers of people must participate before any of the goals can be achieved. No one is organized by violence. Any assault on people or property serves only to divert attention from the legitimate demands of the demonstration...
Yesterday, M.I.T. obtained a court restraining order to prevent the demonstrations. Those who participate in today's protest should realize that this order could raise the personal costs of their actions. Nevertheless, the NAC demonstrations are a valid way to oppose the projects at M.I.T...