Word: blocking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sexism, racism, pollution, and imperialist wars, the very survival of our generation as human beings capable of love, dignity, and sanity is at stake. It may be that most of them will not remake their own lives, but we must remake ours and cannot afford to let them block...
...there is any deficiency in the novel it lies in our lack of preparation for BZ's confession of fellowship with Maria. To credit it to the hypocrisy-shattering side-effects of his homosexuality is not enough. Lord knows, in Hollywood, where homosexuality seems just another building block in the whole rotten institution, the posturing that goes into both concealing and flaunting homosexual tastes is just as appalling as all the other pretenses with which the town is infected. But then the novel is Maria's story, and that alone would prevent us from understanding more...
...mark of a provocateur: it was male chauvinist, addressing its readers as "Brothers"; it also said "you have to fight," not " we have to fight" as a real movement group would have. In addition, it was unsigned, and contained a rather condescending invitation to Panthers to join in the block party...
...next disturbance did not come until August 7. Again, a mysterious message summoned Cambridge freaks to a "block party" on the Common. This time it was a brightly colored poster on the boards in front of Cambridge Trust purporting to be from a group of women who "dig NLF women." Studded with quotations from Bobby Seale and HueyNewton, it gave no particular reason for the planned action, but warned darkly that some people in the Square were attempting to prey on street culture. It asked the freaks to bring rocks, sticks, and bottles to "run in the streets...
...days later, a crowd of 100 gathered for a planned "block party" on the Common at 9 p. m. For two hours, nothing happened until 25 of them charged into the Square and were routed by 60 city police...