Word: ssd
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Straightedge began around 1981 with a skin band called SSD. Slapshot, a local Boston band, has continued SSD's philosophy and influences many area skins. "Slapshot dedicates their life into having a pure life, a pure body," says Modley, who, though he considers himself a `Mod', is friends with the Skinheads. "They play a lot of street hockey and are bodybuilders...
...timing and purpose of SSD II carries the hopes of people in every land who understand the great imperative of our time is to stop the arms race and move to controlled disarmament with security. This need was bluntly expressed in the Final Document of the first U.N. disarmament session in 1978. "Mankind is confronted with a choice: we must halt the arms race and proceed to disarmament or face annihilation...
...immediate future, this means performing a major constructive role--as well as adhering to the consensus of opinion at SSD II. While it is fashionable to constantly criticize the United Nations, the truth is the U.N. is performing a great deal of responsible work in many crucial fields. In the realm of the arms race and related problems, the U.N. has produced comprehensive studies which provide the facts and possibilities for dramatic progress. Published studies include...
...most immediate contribution we can give to the United Nations, as well as efforts to defuse the arms race, is to strongly support SSD II. Understanding this, hundreds of peace and peace-related organizations around the world are actively preparing for this even through public education programs. During the five-week period of the U.N. meeting, thousands of people will come to New York to demonstrate their support, and to insist on positive results. Similar activities are being organized in cities throughout the world...
...final analysis, success for SSD II, and off efforts to end the prevailing nuclear madness, and begin the process of building a world community, depends on enough people becoming concerned and involved. Perhaps the bottom line can be found in a statement that was part of a resolution against nuclear weapons signed by Bettrand Russell. Albert Einstein and others: We appeal, as human beings: Remember your humanity and forget the rest...