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Environmental activist William E. McKibben ’82 implored Harvard affiliates this week to recognize the imminent dangers of climate change and push for an international cap on carbon emissions.“In this past year, this has gone from ‘This is a big problem’ to ‘This is a big freaking emergency,’” McKibben said at one of a series of campus talks. “Climate change is happening on a way faster and a much larger scale than we thought it would...
...audiences. But Achebe’s visit to Harvard was not only a celebration of his first novel, but also a celebration of his legacy. Since penning “Things Fall Apart” at 28, the writer has had a prolific career as a public intellectual, outspoken activist, professor, and postcolonial patriarch. He has written multiple essays, a book of poetry, and several other celebrated books, including “Arrow of God” and “No Longer At Ease.” The themes that Achebe tackles in “Things Fall Apart?...
...liberals had any hopes of being able to make the same claims in the near future, they knew they needed to be more like conservatives. Wealthy Democrats wanted to have ideological rabble rousers like Rush Limbaugh and activist breeding grounds like the College Republicans to create a new generation of shock troops. But most of all, to have a real shot at regaining control of Washington, they wanted to plot an intellectual coup, spearheaded by an aggressive idea factory like the Heritage Foundation. (See pictures from the historic Election...
...this week's summit of Tibetan exiles, Thondop, a member of Tibet's "royal family", as one young admirer described him, has become a symbol of a generational shift among Tibetans toward support of a free Tibet. "He was there in the beginning," says Tenzin Tsundu, a pro-independence activist. "To hear his voice say that, it's a very emotional thing...
...whatever the Dalai Lama decides, but 5,000 were in favor of independence. There was also a public film screening Thursday evening of secretly recorded interviews with 108 Tibetans from inside Tibet. Those views could have a significant influence on the direction of the movement. As one independence activist told me, "How can 100,000 Tibetans decide the fate of 5 million?" Resolving that paradox will be the next test of Tibet's unique brand of distributed democracy...