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...Saturday Lumsdaine was one of two dozen people who planned to trespass onto the Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California, which acts as a weapons-guidance hub for the war. Base commanders threatened "deadly force" against anyone who set foot on the base, a warning that limited turnout. "People want to be part of an action that's very effective, but they also want to have minimal risk," says Lumsdaine. "You can't always have both...
...Russian Federation - at least according to official results. Many international groups, including the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, refused to send poll monitors because of ongoing hostilities and 80,000 Russian troops - 23,000 of whom took part in the vote. Some polling stations explained a 190% turnout by claiming that unregistered refugees turned up unexpectedly to cast ballots. Striking Out ZIMBABWE The government unleashed a campaign of repression and violence against supporters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). The crackdown followed a two-day MDC-led strike that brought the country to a standstill. Hundreds...
Cambridge resident James Williamson, who participated in Vietnam protests more than three decades ago, said the turnout of Harvard members inspired...
...think it was about the best turnout we could have expected given the current international situation,” he said...
...leaders of Locals 34 and 35 unions have done Yale service and maintenance workers a disservice by linking the good cause of the Locals 34 and 35 with the dubious cause of GESO. I suspect many of the rank and file union members agree, as was evidenced by low turnout by union workers all week on campus (only one or two of the campus buildings were picketed at all, most students attended class unimpeded by any picket lines). GESO does not have the interest of Yale or its students in mind. Therefore I, along with what appeared...