Word: protesters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...body odor to cotton and linen clothing and advocated a wardrobe of unbleached woolen garments. A purported avatar of women's liberation who called himself a "philanderer" and preferred married women for romance. A lectern-thumping socialist who prided himself on his aristocratic if fallen lineage and chronicled protest rallies from the sidelines with amused disdain. A novelist whose books were rejected as unpublishable, a pamphleteer who seemed forever to be engaging in self-satire, a political leader who refused to seek office, a ghostwriter whose hand was not only detected but also thought to be female...
...only reasonable way for B.U. students to fight the new parietal rules is with militancy--protests, marches, tuition strikes, organized defiance, or even a student strike. A single protest will not move him, but consistent pressure sustained over a long period of time might. Supposedly, there is a plan afoot in the student government to encourage parents not to pay their bills in protest. Hard-ball tactics like these are the only way to talk to Silber...
...protest was one of several sponsored by the Washington-based Community for Creative Nonviolence (CCNV), an organization of homeless people and activists that often adopts unorthodox lobbying techniques...
Asked why the protesters chose Kennedy's office for their protest, Stewart said, "People like us are willing to put our butts on the line--to be put in jail--for housing to be a right and not a privilege. People who claim to be advocates for affordable housing need to deliver the goods. None of the bills Kennedy has supported actually address the problem...
Stewart said the protest was effective even though Kennedy did not change his position on HR 4990. "We made our point," he said. But Feuer said the protest would not hurt Kennedy's re-election chances...