Word: safran
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nadav Safran, associate professor of Government suggested the Speak-out. Its purpose, he said, was "to keep the fires of dissent and protest alive in America." It is definitely not to be a teach-in, a debate, or even a discussion, he added, asserting that people already have enough factual information about Vietnam...
...distinctive feature of Speak-outs, which have never been tried at an American university before, are their "individualism," Safran said. "Collective statements of protest must all too often take a stand on the lowest common denominator. The Speak-out will provide a forum for professors to express their individual opinions--it must be made clear that they are not speaking with a single voice...
Copies of the statement will be sent to Congress, the President, and to colleges and universities throughout the country. Safran said however that he "cherished no delusions" that the Speak-out would change administration policy...
...majority of those interviewed, however, seemed to agree with Safran that these complaints were "well taken but utoplan...
...academic community, said Safran, has failed to provide the broader view of sociological and political movements that would guide the reporter of day to day events in more interpretive coverage. "I challenge Mr. Lichtheim to mention five books that would provide guidance to an intelligent Times reporter in Latin America," Safran said...