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...Kenneth Stovold has publicly complained that the Pope's attacks on birth control in Africa would spoil in tensive efforts to hold down the tremendous population increases on the continent. Colin Winter, the exiled bishop of Namibia (South West Africa) divides all Christians into the "church of the oppressor and the church of the oppressed." Says Winter sourly: "I don't think a Polish Pope can understand Africa. His attitudes are extremely reactionary. His hangup is Communism, Communism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: An Imposing Messenger from Rome | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

EVENTUALLY, Sharp says, passive resistance to violence will produce a "political jiu--jitsu effect." The force of the oppressor, turned back upon him, will prove his undoing, as third parties, revolted initially by the physical brutality of his campaign, gradually swing their support behind the oppressed: David Carradine meets the corporate state. The most mercenary aims may inspire a campaign of nonviolence. Invariably, however, others will respond from the heart and not the mind, just as many did after Kent State or Selma. In the end, the opponent may be converted to your point of view, decide that...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Turning the Other Cheek | 5/13/1980 | See Source »

...cannot afford to be complacent. Surely we do not advocate segregation; it is important that Third World people "interact with many different kinds of people." Nevertheless, it is essential that Third World people maintain strong ties with the Third World community. We must now unite to fight our common oppressor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INSTITUTIONAL RACISM | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

Equal Rights Amendment? Hah! It is no longer a cause for ethical fairness and rectification of injustice. ERA, your name has become Intolerance and Void of Conscience. You have become a bully, an oppressor, openly persecuting churches and the public who oppose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 7, 1980 | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

Most delegates would agree the key to DA's future success lies in effectively communicating to the public the conference's anti-corporate message. In the last election, said Wurf, "It was the oppressor who voted, not the oppressed." A black DSOC member from Los Angeles, vice president of his Teamsters local, argued, "We need an educational program to get workers more politically involved beyond issues of the bargaining table." A number of Agenda-affiliated groups plan a public education campaign for fighting corporate power centered on April 17's "Big Business Day." At Harvard, students from New England will...

Author: By Mark R. Anspach and James G. Hershberg, S | Title: Setting an Agenda for the '80s | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

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