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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...SOLUTION to the nation's problems could lie in dramatic changes in the current form of American democracy. Barnet suggests that the structure of the government cannot adequately cope with democratic resource planning, and that American's perception of the impact of their participation in government must change...
...handbook decries "past civil disobedience demonstrations organized by the anti-nuclear movement" for having as "their main purpose the raising of the nuclear issue in the minds of the public." On May 24th, the handbook continues, "our success will not be measured in terms of symbolic value, media 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...
...doing that would have got the hostages released. Today we have to assess the situation in terms of what alternative sources the Iranian authorities have already developed, basically the Soviet Union. In short what would the real effect of a blockade be? Also, what would be its impact on other gulf states? What is the relationship of the Afghan to the Iranian crisis? Therefore, I think we have to pursue a more patient course than the one I would have advocated in November. We have to be sure we prevail if we move...
Moreover, such programs are almost always started too late to have any immediate impact on unemployment. It takes at least a year for federal works projects to put people on the job. By that time the recession is usually already over. The major impact of the federal spending is to feed inflation later...
...school board members argued the pairing plan would be "educationally more sound" and would spread the effects of desegregation across more of the city's students, rather than concentrating the impact arbitrarily...