Word: directing
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Lewis is quite direct in criticizing Mondale for his political misjudgments and praising him for his numerous victories. He has written an insightful analysis of the psyche of a man who is probably overqualified for his job. One can only hope that his otherwise successful career won't drown in the vice presidential spittoon...
Last fall, driven by a common anger at senseless environmental destruction, potential hazard, and the corporate refusal to listen to dissent, the Coalition for Direct Action at Seabrook (CDAS) called for the first occupation attempt on the site of the partially-built nuclear power station. Two thousand protesters arrived in rural New Hampshire, Oct. 6, 1979. The weekend, glorious in ways, should also have served as instruction in the tactics of protest. Three days of fence-cutting attempts failed utterly, mostly due to the density of state police and National Guardsmen...
This is one case where slightly different meanings make a world of difference. Non-violent direct action is boltcutters and gas masks to CDAS. To Sharp, as to Mahatma Gandhi, it means total non-violence with a willingness to suffer. No masks of helmets, no running away when the police come for you: bodies, not boltcutters. It is not a very visible line, but it's easier to draw than it seems. The farther away from personal involvement--literal personal involvement--the less effective...
...impact, nor numbers of arrests. Our success will be apparent by the extent we can effectively, non-violently, and collectively block construction at Seabrook..." That goal selfishly risks the future of the anti-nuclear movement and other campaigns for change. Though the organizers express a commitment to building "a direct action movement against nuclear power and the social, economic and political systems that produce it," their tactics may serve to stifle that movement when the country needs it most. Americans have never responded well to those the powerful can label "terrorists"--the more "militant" the New Left and the civil...
...colonial times most missionaries tried to steer clear of direct politics, though it was Missionary David Livingstone who crusaded to close down the Arab slave trade in Zanzibar. But today Christian churches are deeply involved -partly because governments either attack them or need their help, partly because some missionaries are heavily radicalized and have rallied not only to preserve the right to worship but to protect black Africans from the new injustices visited on them by oppressive regimes, black and white...