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Understandably, more than 50 Aprils later, some recall the riot's origins differently...
Following the riot, the People's Daily, the official party newspaper, speculated that the incident was triggered by "inadequate education for youth about civil behavior and the law." Municipal officials called for more ideological training in schools. Official anger may succeed in reining in China's rowdy soccer fans for a while. But Western diplomats, and even some Chinese, suggest that less, not more discipline is needed. They see the riot as a cathartic release of emotions that have had little opportunity for expression in a society where hard work, obedience and humility are demanded. "Some people would find...
...country. In the port city of Gdansk a few hundred people joined the official May Day parade and unfurled a long banner proclaiming SOLIDARITY IS FIGHTING. Suddenly flag-carrying onlookers, in reality plainclothes police, waded into the intruders, using the flagstaffs as clubs. They were quickly followed by ZOMO riot police and water cannons. Later in the day, other illegal demonstrations turned into full-blown street fights between young protesters and ZOMO; scores were injured...
...Warsaw 7,000 Solidarity supporters gathered outside the church of St. Stanislaw Kostka, where Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the priest murdered last year by security police, once preached and now lies buried. This time there was no violence. They marched for almost two hours until riot police blocked their progress. On Friday the Polish government expelled two American diplomats, William Harwood, a first secretary of the U.S. embassy in Warsaw, and David Hopper, the consul in Cracow. The diplomats, accused of participating in a protest outside Cracow, insisted they were merely observers. In retaliation, Washington expelled four Polish diplomats...
...bands their talents. Latin artists, featuring Jose Feliciano and Julio Iglesias, have already made their own recorded contribution, Cantare Cantaras, which is projected to pull in $15 million for hunger relief; gospelers have cut Do Something Now; and an array of heavy- metal performers, from Judas Priest to Quiet Riot, have formed an outfit called Hear 'n Aid to record Stars, probably...