Word: counter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Simultaneously across the street, about 45 pro-Mitzna demonstrators from the Harvard Israel Public Affairs Committee staged a counter-demonstration on the Mass. Ave. traffic island. The committee, part of the Harvard Hillel but politically independent, recruited supporters from Harvard, Tufts and other area universities...
...about 90 minutes, the groups traded chants. Coalition protestors shouted, "Mitzna, Mitzna, what do you say? How many kids did you kill today?", while counter-demonstrators chanted, "Peace yes, terror...
...Counter-demonstrators argued that criticism of Mitzna, an Israeli moderate who has won respect in his country for restraint in his handling of the uprising, was unfounded and that denying Mitzna the fellowship would be a form of censorship...
Serendipity employee Heather Sinclair said that at 4:40 p.m. a thin, Black male about 20 years of age entered the women's clothing store and casually looked around before aiming a concealed weapon at her as she was working at the counter...
Students can now take a stand on a more tangible moral issue by protesting Mobuto's arrival at Harvard. I am told that the counter-demonstration planned for the night of Mobuto's speech will have more articulate speakers anyway. Besides, the Mobuto speech is already sold...