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...members themselves feel toward the multitude of class issues which complicate their actions. PSLM members continually speak of the importance of inclusiveness in their campaign, both of the workers they protest on behalf of, and the majority of students at Harvard who are not part of the activist movement. Bartley admits that while most students were familiar with direct action strategies through the anti-globalization protests, “this direct action movement has not been ingrained in workers today because of a more passive brand of business unionism. It was difficult to convince workers that direct action was worth...
...Bartley believes that some elements of the comparison between ’60s demonstrations and those of the PSLM are valid. “There is a direct link in methodology—we’re both part of a social movement which has used sit-ins. We needed to get across to students more that the sit-in was merely the next logical step in a lengthy trajectory of attempts to speak to the university administration...
Harvard’s past may have helped PSLM as well. Bartley points to the pressure of alumni as something that forced the University administration to finally cave in to their demands: “If the New York Times calls Harvard greedy—which they did—it has a tremendous ripple effect on alumni. I would like to think that we changed the corporation’s mind on the issue, but more importantly, perhaps, we changed their calculations on how the institution would be affected by this action...
...believe that everyone can contribute something to a cause they believe in, regardless of background,” she says. The majority of members feel the best way to deal with the issue is to constantly strive to integrate workers into their organization and involve them directly in protest. Bartley asserts that “during the sit-in, we worried about these issues least. It took time, but now they are integrated into the structure. Thousands came out to protest as a central part of the campaign...
...Bartley meanwhile concedes that one aspect of the sit-in he would change if starting all over again would be to implement “a more systematic education strategy to illuminate issues of economic disparity and social justice for mainstream students...