Word: protesters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Also yesterday, state television reported thatthe leaders of the People's Party, a small partyallied with the Communists, submitted theirresignations, apparently because of theanti-government protest. A meeting was scheduledtoday to choose replacements...
...Czechoslovakia more than 15,000 students in Prague last week staged the largest protest rally in two decades. "This is better than in 1969 because the atmosphere is much better," said Karel Srp, head of the dissident group Jazz Section, recalling the way an angry populace had reacted after the defeat of its brief fling with liberalization in the spring of 1968. "Now we know we can win. This is unstoppable...
Thousands of demonstrators shake the remaining hard-line regimes. -- Could East Germany hold its own in a partnership with West Germany? -- A hotbed of protest in Leipzig. -- Guerrillas storm the capital of El Salvador, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of soldiers, rebels and civilians, and the brutal slaying of six Jesuit priests...
...have discussed it," said Epps, a member of the Ad Board. "At the moment we don't plan any disciplinary action, although I've been asked to discuss the protest with officers of COCA...
...late Friday night, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) had reversed his position supporting aid to the Salvadoran government. By midday Saturday, Boston Mayor Ray Flynn had joined in the call for an end to military aid and assisted outraged citizens in organizing a Sunday protest that drew 3000 people. Activists also raised more than $10,000 in emergency medical aid over the weekend...