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Dongfang, Han – American Educator, 2002
Presents comments spoken at a human rights conference by Han Dongfang, a Chinese activist who was jailed after an attempt to organize China's first independent union from a tent in Tiananmen Square during the democracy movement. Today, he is barred from the mainland but works from Hong Kong through Radio Free Asia. Comments focus on foreign…
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Disobedience, Communism, Foreign Countries
1989
This book presents more than 200 photographs along with a chronological record from the "Ming Pao News," covering the events in People's Republic of China from the death of Hu Yaobang on April 15, 1989, which precipitated the Chinese student democratic movement, to the crushing of the movement at Tiananmen Square by the Chinese army on…
Descriptors: Activism, Armed Forces, Civil Disobedience, Civil Liberties
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Gustainis, J. Justin; Hahn, Dan F. – Communication Quarterly, 1988
Claims that Vietnam War protestors were not instrumental in bringing it to an end. Contends that their rhetorical strategies may have actually harmed their cause, and that Middle Americans only became disenchanted when the oft-promised victory in Vietnam proved elusive and the casualties began to mount. (MS)
Descriptors: Activism, Audience Analysis, Capitalism, Civil Disobedience