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This year passed like an uneasydream-the bombing of the CFIA, the occupation of 888 Memorial Drive, the disruption of the Teach-In-until the Spring Offensive. Mayday and the JFK Building sit-in came, and some went and took risks and were arrested or clubbed for trying to stop a monstrous war. But most didn't, and most found it hard to understand those who had, because a new fear had crept into all of us, a panic quite unlike the panic of last May, and a lot of us were worrying about it all the time...
...LEXINGTON police arrested more than 300 residents of that affluent suburb and of neighboring Concord early one Sunday morning a couple of weeks ago. The townspeople had joined members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War in a peaceful sit-in near the Minuteman statue on Lexington town green. When the "bust" came, the demonstrators lined up patiently and politely for the buses to carry them away for processing. Most of them were released after they paid a %5 park violation fine; charges of disorderly conduct were dropped. For many of the residents this was their first act of civil disobedience...
...course the Lexington sit-in seems mild in comparison to May day in Washington. But significantly, both demonstrations claim to belong to the class of nonviolent actions, the tactic which Gene Sharp discusses in Exploring Nonviolent Alternatives. The book is a starting-point for a systematic study of the possibilities for nonviolence in political conflicts. Although not terribly well-written, it is a provocative monograph, presenting some interesting ideas which might easily be developed and applied by activist groups in this country...
...shows throughout his examples, persistence is the key to success. The nonviolent demonstrators must live their action daily, often for long periods of time, as did Gandhi's followers in India. They must sustain a picket line or a boycott much longer than the few hours of a Lexington sit-in or the few days of a Washington demonstration. The action becomes their primary purpose in life; they cannot go home and resume normal activity until the next demonstration, as do the American antiwar protesters. Sharp demands a full-time commitment which thus far in this country has only been...
According to a CRR statement, the severity of Soloway's punishment was related to his "very serious disciplinary status and record." Soloway was put on probation after the Paine Hall sit-in of December 1968 and was required to withdraw for a term after the occupation of University Hall in April...