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    • 28 Feb 05
    • 12:15 pm

    We'd like to remark that in actality there were far fewer of us boomers actively involved in peace and social justice movements of the sixties and seventies than is suggested by the myth of our "radical generation." We believe the percentage of progressive activists in any generation to be rather constant, perhaps no more than 3 - 5 per cent. Of course, the boomer generation is historically very large in real numbers has increased the impact activists have had and may have yet on society. But as observed by several here, most of us are typically American "mainstreamers" (with al the …

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