April 03, 1968
(vol. 78, iss. 154)
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… with little jokes opponent, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the Arab Socialist Union. seems to take all of this tradi- on himself. He also has the same (D-N.Y) for setting up so many Students also have…
…Page'Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, April 3, 1968 Pa Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY - __ _ - _.. ! f - . f... - f -t POLITICAL DISSENT: Worldwide Student Protest Explodes McCarthy's Campaigning…
… Style: Free and Easy, Like Adlai's 4 Collegiate Press Service Although students throughout many parts of the world have been a powerful political force for generations, the worldwide stu- dent movement…
… has been rapidly gaining momentum since the be- ginning of the year. Within recent weeks, students have played significant roles in the political developments of many countries, including Czech…
…- oslovakia, Poland, Spain, Egypt, Italy, and Japan. In many other countries, students are beginning to realize their potential power and are demanding radical polit- ical and education reforms. Students…
… throughout the world are not unified with a common goal and strategy. Generally speaking, however, students are demanding - and frequently re- ceiving - more freedom from their government, more respon…
…- sibility in decision-making, and a reformed educational curriculum that is relevant to the new social issues in the world. Students in many countries also are demon- strating against the war in Viet- nam…
…, stressing their desire for lasting peace in the future. Anti- American sentiment has reached new dimensions in many student circles. Although the worldwide student movement seems to be gaining momentum…
…, protest politics in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere is not a new phenomenon. Students, for example, were largely respon- sible for the overthrowof ex-Pres- ident Sukarno in Indonesia, and students played a…
… major role in the overthrow of the Syngman Rhee government in South Korea. In the United States, however, students are just beginning to de- mand educational reform and Presidential candidates, for the…