Word: activists
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...poll, 51% of Turks said that they now saw the E.U.-inspired reforms as a repeat of the widely reviled 1920 Treaty of Sèvres, which led to the Ottoman Empire being dismantled by foreign powers. "Turks are fed up," says Haluk Cetin, a 30-year-old nationalist activist and manufacturer of ice-cream-making equipment. "Rising terrorism, economic hardship and now all this pressure from the E.U. Turks are patient people, but once they reach boiling point, anything could happen." Erdogan understands that his government is at risk from nationalists, but he also has his own political constituents...
Your report about China's use of forced abortions and sterilizations as part of its one-child policy [Sept. 19] painted a horrific picture. Congratulations to brave legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who, despite being blind and living under the threat of personal danger, has worked unselfishly to file a class action against officials to protect women and children. His dedication is something that anyone can respect and strive to emulate...
Friday, Oct. 7. “In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave.” Princeton philosopher and vegetarian activist Peter Singer discusses the “second wave” of animal rights activism. 3 p.m. Harvard Book Store...
Still, HIPJ activist Johnhenry R. “Hank” Gonzalez ’06 said that the group would meet in front of University Hall today at 11 a.m. and march across the river to the track center...
SLAM evolved from the now-defunct Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM), an activist organization that staged a three week sit-in of Mass. Hall in 2002 and demanded wage increases and benefits for the University’s service employees. The event drew national headlines and prompted the University to review its labor policies...