Description: GREENPEACE DELIVERING TOXIC WASTE BARRELS TO MONSANTO (14 MIN IN)
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/30/1986
Description: GREENPEACE PROTESTING MONSANTO'S DISCHARGE OF CHEMICALS INTO RIVER. PCBs
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/30/1986
Description: Protesters at Government Center demonstrate against bombing of Libya, although the march was originally planned against contra aid. Another protest takes place nearby opposing federal taxes for military funding.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/15/1986
Description: DEMONSTRATION AT JFK BUILDING AGAINST US AID TO CENTRAL AMERICA
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/27/1986
Description: Haitians protesting and destroying property inside Haitian consulate. Boston police try to quell disturbance
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/07/1986
Description: NH RESIDENTS THANK MICHAEL DUKAKIS FOR STALLING SEABROOK at demonstration in Boston. Paul McEachern, anti Seabrook Democratic candidate for NH governor.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/16/1986
Description: NUCLEAR PLANT WORKERS PROTEST SEABROOK HAZARDS: DRUG USE AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/18/1986
Description: David Boeri reports on protests against US foreign policy during a visit by Secretaries of State George Shultz and Defense Casper Weinberger to the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University. Boeri notes that demonstrators protested against apartheid and US policies in South Africa, Nicaragua and El Salvador. Boeri's report includes footage of protesters and footage of Shultz and Weinberger entering the museum. Boeri notes that some of the demonstrators were Harvard alumni advocating Harvard's divestment from South Africa. Boeri interviews Boone Schirmer (Harvard alumnus) about Harvard's refusal to divest from South Africa. Boeri reports that security has been tightened all over campus. This protest takes place during the celebration of Harvard's 350th anniversary. This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following item: Mario Valdes reports on the book Blood Royal, which covers the ancestry of the British Royal Family
1:00:10: Visual: Shots of a large police contingent outside of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University; of police officers marching in formation in front of the museum; of police officers stationed on the roof of a Harvard building. Shots of individual police officers. Shots of officials entering the museum. Footage of apartheid protesters marching with signs and banners outside of Harvard Yard. The protesters carry signs and a banner reading, "Harvard must divest." Shot of George Shultz (US Secretary of State) exiting a car and being escorted toward the museum. Shots of protesters demonstrating behind a cordon of police officers. The protesters chant, "Shultz go home". Shots of signs reading, "Harvard honors destructive engagement and Shultz" and "Biko lives." Boeri reports that Schultz visited Harvard University today; that demonstrators gathered to protest his presence at Harvard. Boeri notes that protesters began to gather outside Harvard Yard in the morning; that demonstrators were protesting several issues. V: Footage of protesters marching as they chant, "George Shultz end the war. Stop the killing in El Salvador." Shot of a protester wearing a white death mask. Another protester carries a sign and wears a bloodied shirt. Footage of protesters chanting, "No Contra aid." Footage of protesters demonstrating against apartheid in South Africa. Shots of a sign reading, "End Harvard support for apartheid" and "Divest now." Boeri reports that some of the demonstrators were alumni and alumnae pushing for Harvard to divest from South Africa. V: Footage of Boone Schirmer (Harvard alumnus) saying that Harvard's refusal to divest is disgraceful; that Harvard's slogan is "Veritas," which means truth; that Harvard is supporting a South African government which is based on the lie of white supremacy. Shot of a quotation written in stone above an entrance to Harvard Yard. The quotation reads, "Open ye the gates. . . ." Boeri reports that the gates to Harvard Yard were locked today to keep out the protesters. V: Shot of a security officer locking the gates. Shot of a protester standing outside the gates with a sign reading, "End support of apartheid." A small child stands at the gates, looking into Harvard Yard. Boeri reports that alumni and alumnae were turned away from the gates. V: Shot of a Harvard alumnus turning away from a locked gate. Boeri reports that Shultz had lunch at the Fogg Art Museum after giving a speech; that Schultz had no comment on today's hijacking of a Panam jet in Pakistan; that Shultz only caught a brief glimpse of the protesters. V: Shots of Shultz entering the museum. Boeri notes that Casper Weinberger (US Secretary of Defense) also attended the lunch at the museum; that Weinberger had no comments for the media. V: Footage of Weinberger exiting his car and being escorted into the museum with other officials. Boeri reports that the protests outside of Harvard Yard were uneventful.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/05/1986
Description: WAR TAX RESISTANCE PROTESTERS AT CITY HALL PLAZA
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/15/1986
Description: WITNESS FOR PEACE VIGIL AND MARCH ON BOSTON COMMON GOOD FRIDAY
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/28/1986