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...article of April 22, three Harvard affiliates are quoted as saying that, in one way or another, there should be protests against General Powell on Commencement day. Assistant Professor Jeffrey A. Masten suggested that faculty members will protest at Commencement. Harvard Medical School Professor Marshall Forestein suggested a student boycott. Michael Kraut, a graduating law school student, suggested that the Commencement audience should boo Powell upon his receiving the honorary degree...
THOUGH IT HAS BEEN AGAINST THE LAW SINCE 1977 for American firms to cooperate with the Arab boycott of Israel, the Clinton Administration has sent U.S. companies a strong reminder by levying the first criminal penalty in such a case. Baxter International, the world's largest hospital supplier, pleaded guilty to violating provisions of the law that forbids U.S. companies to provide the Arab League with information about their dealings with Israel. The U.S. government, which began investigating the matter three years ago, fined Baxter $500,000 in the case. Baxter will pay an additional $5,959,000 to < settle...
...arguably the boycott or Arizona, for its refusal to accept Martin Luther King day as a national holiday, that caused a reversal in that state's policy. The boycott and resulting isolation of South Africa for its abhorrent racial policies contributed to that country's unwillingness to begin to overturn apartheid. It is certainly true that boycotts may hurt some people not responsible for the bad policy in the first place, and for that reason some may not wish to participate in them...
...sanctions that would hurt Black people in the short run would contribute to the overall betterment of society, and thus improve the lives of Black people in the long run. Many lesbian, gay and bisexual people (or those innocent of prejudice), hurt in the short run by the Colorado boycott, nevertheless support it. It is precisely this economic hurt that may be able to impel Colorado, or the Boy Scouts, to change their policies. Those who believe in the "reasons" for the discrimination practiced by these groups are welcome to spend their money as they will. As to whether Yale...
...without effective enforcement. To that end, the Harvard community must be prepared to take actions against violators commensurate with the sanctions the international community levies against nations which flout nuclear and chemical weapons proliferation treaties. We must blockade all shipments of ink and paper to renegade publications. We must boycott shows put on in violation of the treaty. Pagemaker will be contraband technology for those who do not sign, and Kinko's will be off limits...