Word: activists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...black students from the Afro and the Pan-African Liberation Committee, two activist groups, took over Mass. Hall and demanded that the University divest from the Gulf Oil Corporation in protest of the company's practices in Angola. John, who was one of the protestors inside the building, says the takeover resulted from students' unsuccessful meetings with stockholders to discuss concerns...
...afternoon of March 9, hundreds of students congregated on Memorial Church steps to stage a good old-fashioned public demonstration. Committed members of activist groups and concerned individuals, they sought two main political objectives: a "living wage" for University employees and the end of Harvard's involvement in overseas sweatshops. A third group, the Coalition Against Sexual Violence, protested Harvard's policies on the punishment of sexual assault and rape. Chanting, "Hey Harvard, here's the word, student voices must be heard," the protestors held their ground for almost four hours. Before they finally disbanded, Harvard announced the adoption...
...campus can trace its success to a number of factors. First, both SAS and the LWC are part of a larger movement that has blossomed on campuses throughout the country. Second, both groups have approached their causes with a degree of sophistication that has been lacking in recent failed activist efforts. The group members know their issues well, they have approached the University with concrete, reasonable demands, and they have combined agitation with a willingness to negotiate...
...such activist, Warren A. Guntheroth '49,now a professor at the University of Washington'smedical school, remembers the Communists as "kindof fringe people...
...Habibie?s Golkar party ? the traditional representative of the military and the Suharto dictatorship ?- is expected to fare poorly at the polls, although the parliamentary system is stacked in its favor. The leading opposition contender ? way ahead in the small number of ballots counted ? is Megawati Sukarnoputri, the democracy-activist daughter of President Sukarno, who was overthrown by Suharto in 1965. Her secular Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle has a loose coalition agreement with the Islamic-oriented National Mandate and National Awakening parties. Even if the opposition coalition manages to secure enough seats to outvote Golkar and the government-military...