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Questions theoretical and class bases of recent demonstrations, and goals of the student movement.

It is maintained that in recent yrs there has been some abuse or misuse of the right, fundamental in western democracies, to register protest by staging mass outdoor demonstrations. A case study of such an abusive demonstration is presented. In 1963 the Greek royal fam visited London & for several days thousand people demonstrated to raise issues re democracy, pol'al prisoners & disarmament in Greece. Organized by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in association with the Committee of 100, the demonstrations are considered 'generally violent.' 150 of the demonstrators were interviewed & the findings are reported. Observations suggest that the degree of awareness of so-called relevant facts, figures & issues by the demonstrators was 'remarkably low.' On the 1st & 3rd days of the demonstrations respectively, 20% & 26% knew the type of gov & number & orientation of pol'al parties, 15% & 21% knew the degree of freedom enjoyed by the Greek press, 13% & 19% knew of recent Opposition rallies staged in Greece, & 93% & 95% believed it to be a police state, all as perceived by the author. Over 90% on both occasions were strongly opposed to the perceived treatment of Communists & their imprisonment as indicated by responses to 4 questions. Only 1% knew that the King had no jurisdiction to review pol'al or other crimes without ministerial authority. Demonstrators giving negative responses to questions on pol, geography, demography, etc, were considered uninformed. M. Farber.

The student demonstrations of Dec 1986 were low key and confined to a few campuses, but had far reaching results, including the resignation of the CCP General-Secretary Hu Yaobang. This rocked the Chinese political system. Notes that the students thought they were doing what the CCP required them to do. Traces intellectual freedom in 1986, political conflict and leadership changes, the campaign against 'bourgeois liberalism' to consider future prospects. (PAS)

Review of the political scene of the last few months: Students' disturbances, strikes, and conflicts within the governing coalition and between its constituent elements and non-governing parties have destroyed the last vestiges of the illusion that democracy will, in itself, restore the country's well being. (DÜI-Asd)

Force without war: armed forces as a political instrument / Blechman, Barry M. u.a. (Hrsg.) - Washington : Brookings, 1978 + Diplomacy of power: Soviet Armed Forces as a political instrument / Kaplan, Stephen S. u.a. (Hrsg.). - Washington : Brookings, 1981