Word: tactical
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Confrontation politics, an acceptable tactic for those who shun terrorism, had become as American as Mom (partly because some Moms participated too). But for many, the vibrations are now gone. Radical Law Student Ted Siff of the University of Texas says the feeling is, "Why try at all if all you are going to do is maybe get busted and bring on the far right?" The sweeping and angry protests of the Cambodian spring, the resolute demands and plans for restructuring the universities, and the energies expended on getting out the vote?all such events are viewed, despite some evidence...
...organizing a mass demonstration aimed at strangling highway traffic near the Pentagon on May 6. There are unquestionably many people, both in and out of the Weatherman faction, who still believe that the way to salvation is a pipe bomb and a fuse. Trashing is still considered a reliable tactic in many radical quarters, as is "selective" violence...
Additionally, mass demonstration as a tactic to bring about political change has worn thin. Students are not only weary of tear gas and nightsticks, but have recognized that mobs, however idealistic, can easily be manipulated by small minorities on both sides of the issues. They are now asserting their independence and privately searching for new tactics...
...into this union-type relationship, students must withhold something from the Harvard administration that will make them bargain collectively over social and educational issues. A strike on classes would not do this. However, a tuition strike or withholding of the $200 tuition increase might bring this about. Such a tactic must be justified in itself besides being the means to make Harvard socially responsible...
...actual injurious conduct than any other crime. Prosecutors sometimes coerce testimony from remote participants who can be intimidated by the broad net of a conspiracy charge. Any one of them may be persuaded to testify against his co-conspirators in return for immunity from prosecution. In still another tactic familiar to prosecutors, conspiracy is sometimes added to other charges, to strengthen the prosecutor's hand in bargaining for a guilty plea...