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My attention has only just been drawn to a letter published by The Crimson on November 13th, in which the Dean of the Divinity School [Ronald Theimann] explains why the School refused to host the conference I was organizing, "Apartheid's Arc and the Palestinian Uprising: Making the Connections." In...
As well-taken as Liu Binyan's wisdom on the necessities of a successful movement is, his characterization of the students and student leaders as a selfish, grasping generation was offensive to me and, I think, to many who watched scenes like Weilin Wang's confrontation with a column of...
These were not the actions of self-centered people. Hunger striking by thousands is not the action of self-centered people. Deliberately defying government orders, threats and, finally, martial law for six weeks is not the action of self-centered people.
The student leaders may have individual faults. Some are immature, unprepared for individual fame and responsibility, unschooled in the ways of Western pressure politics and international initiatives. The movement for democracy in China is not yet clearly defined as a result. It is growing, though, gaining experience and acceptance as...
Dean Theimann cites two reasons for the refusal, and this is the first time I have heard either of them. He says "the immediate concern was that our space was inadequate to accommodate this event: Ms. Murray had spoken of an audience of 150 (or perhaps more), and the seating...