| NCJ Number: |
40960  |
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| Title: |
MOVEMENT - ROLE OF THE US ACTIVISTS - THREATS TO FREE SOCIETY |
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| Author(s): |
F M WATSON |
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| Corporate Author: |
Institute for the Study of 12/12a Golden Square
United Kingdom |
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| Date Published: |
1977 |
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| Page Count: |
16 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
Institute for the Study of 12/12a Golden Square
London, W1R 3AF, England |
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| Publication Number: |
NO 80 |
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| Sale Source: |
Institute for the Study of 12/12a Golden Square
17, Northumberland Avenue
London, W1R 3AF,
United Kingdom |
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| Type: |
Historical Overview |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United Kingdom |
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| Annotation: |
THIS PAPER PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF LEFTIST, REVOLUTIONARY, AND TERRORIST GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES. |
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| Abstract: |
PROJECTIONS OUTLINED IN A 1972 JUDICIAL MEMORANDUM ON RADICAL POLITICAL ACTIVITIES HAVE COME TO FRUITION, ACCORDING TO THIS PAPER. THOSE PROJECTIONS, THE POWELL MEMORANDUM, POINTED OUT THAT LEFTIST ORGANIZATIONS WOULD ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT THE STATUS QUO WITH VIOLENCE AND OTHER MEANS. THE NAMES AND METHODS OF SEVERAL OF THE PROMINENT REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS ARE GIVEN. THEIR ATTEMPTS TO RECRUIT ETHNIC MINORITIES AND THEIR ACTIVITIES INSIDE UNIONS ARE DESCRIBED. THE PAPER URGES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STEPS TO COMBAT THESE REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS, BUT ADVISES AGAINST INITIATION OF A WITCH-HUNT....BDS |
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| Index Term(s): |
Domestic terrorism; Political offenders; Revolutionary or terrorist groups; United States of America; Urban guerrilla warfare |
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