Word: actions
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Flood tells his story from the point of view of an observer watching the Americans in action. Considering the nature of this war, that is a rather curious perspective: Flood sees lots of napalm-he even flies on the fighter planes that drop it-but there is not one word about the burning flesh, the terror, and the grotesque horror of a napalm explosion. Oh no, Flood instead rhapsodizes about the sleek shiny pointed bomb casing the napalm is dropped in. A book about the Vietnam war might be expected to include a little discussion of the National Liberation Front...
Both sides interpreted the confrontation and its aftermath as partial victories. "The purpose was to help build a campaign that would lead to mass action to close down the center," said Ira Helfand '71. "In this sense, I think it's been a success...
...This action, which probably means the suspension of the prestigious Whitehead program, came when budgetary belt-tightening forced the Ed School to cut back on the $1.5 million it had planned to add to the Danforth funds over a five-year program...
Amid mounting speculation that the U. S. will resume bombing North Vietnam. a group of Boston activists is organizing a new anti-war movement which would move to action immediately after any American escalation in Southeast Asia...
...group-many of whose members were active in the now-defunct November Action Coalition-is attempting to set up a citywide mass meeting which would convene and decide upon action to follow an escalation in much the same way as "The Day After" (TDA) march followed the trial of the Chicago eight...