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...political strength. But with upwards of 100 organizations either participating in this weekend's rally or lending their support, divisions have inevitably begun to appear. Notably absent on June 12, for instance, will be representatives of the Washington, D.C.-based Ground Zero, which has done much to stir national concern over nuclear arms. Explains Founder Roger Molander: "We are trying to maintain our character as an educational organization, not a political organization or advocacy group...
...their new overtures to the East. Last week Nicanor Costa Méndez became the first Argentine Foreign Minister to visit Cuba since Fidel Castro took power in 1959. In a startling scene, Costa Méndez embraced the Communist leader, who had done his best to stir up trouble in Latin America. Addressing a conference of nations professing nonalignment with the major powers, Costa Méndez then roundly denounced the "aggression of Great Britain" and said he was "astonished that the U.S. has given Britain arms and assistance to kill our people." Before leaving Havana, Costa Mendez signed...
Robert J. lifton, a Yale Medical School professor, in a somber speech in the Science Center to stir awareness of the dangers of the arms buildup, asked alumni. "Are you more secure now than you were...
...with whatever is most effective Television ads with public personalities speaking out on the horrors of being gay, educational campaigns in the nation's schools on gayhood as a social deformity, that type of thing. It would probably be somewhat similar to President Truman's successful effort to stir up fear and hatred for the Russians. All we need are more elected officials, or a strong leader outside everyday politics (Director, could it be you?), who are willing to take a stand. And before you know it guys and other minorities of our choice will be at least back...
...begin to draw lines, separating the gays and the ugly from the rest, we take the chance of a "crackdown involving repression" of civil liberties and basic rights. By drawing lines we create an inferior class, and by applying "negative social pressure" to that class we begin to stir up a public furor that may lead to a consensus anti-gay, and anti-ugly opinion. Only such a consensus opinion will in fact prove effective in combating the pervasive influence of the gays, the ugly, and others...