Word: south
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...received unprecedented backing from labor unions and the Americans for Democratic Action. He said at Harvard last month that he wants the U. S. to get out of Vietnam, and his opposition to the war was on record long before that. He has supported Civil Rights movements, in the South and in the cities...
...idea rooted in practicality. The real goal of the ROTC protests, Calkins said, was to end the war. Just getting ROTC off Harvard territory won't do that. What the protestors need to do is to win a national following -- as the civil rights marchers did in the South. National sympathy, he said, was the only way to have a successful campaign...
...next day, the University announced the purchase of land south of Mass Ave., from Dunster St. to Plympton St. and some various plots by the river...
...rulers hinted at nationalizing "local capital with imperialist connections," which could only sound ominous to the owners of Sudan's British Petroleum, Shell and Mobil oil interests. The military character of the regime, moreover, probably also means a stepped-up campaign against the blacks in the south. Even in the capital, the coup may not long remain bloodless. The new government announced that it will try the deposed civilian politicians-including Sadik Mahdi-for high treason...
...with blatant institutional racism." They recommended economic sanctions against "corporations and institutions" that practice discrimination, and said that "guerrilla fighters struggling against racist regimes must be given the support of the church if all else has been seen to fail." Under the chairmanship of Democratic Senator George McGovern of South Dakota, a Methodist lay delegate, the conference added: "The church must," in certain circumstances, "support resistance movements, including revolutions, which are aimed at the elimination of political or economic tyranny that makes racism possible...