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Fifteen years after he led the most successful farm strike and boycott in United States history, Cesar Chavez last night called on an emotional Law School Forum crowd to boycott table grapes in protest of unfair government and landowner practices...
Chavez, who began organizing farm workers in 1962, founded the United Farm Workers four years later. In 1973 he called on a worldwide boycott of grapes, head lettuce, and Gallo wines, protesting growers' refusal to allow union organizing...
...boycott, which ended successfully in 1975, was supported by 17 million American adults, according to a Harris Poll. Chavez has directed a total of 27 boycotts during his tenure as UFW president, each of which he served "successful...
...Crimson editorial brings out three very important ideas. First, total divestiture as a moral statement is impractical--students can't and won't boycott the constellation of major corporations doing business in South Africa Second, the expansion of Harvard's endowment is nothing to scott at in calling for divestiture. Do proponents propose to curtail funds available for financial aid and University program at a time when the federal government is threatening to severely cut of necessary budget cuts across the board (in my personal opinion regrettably short-changing America's investment in its youths' higher education), the Corporation must...
Arafat's apparent desire to strike a deal with Hussein and shore up his standing with Arab moderates may have stemmed from the decision of several hard-line, Syrian-backed factions of the P.L.O. to boycott the last session of the Palestine National Council, its de facto parliament in exile. At the same time, Syria's drive to become the region's dominant Arab state may have led to a hardening of the will among moderates to reach a new consensus. In any case, the principal question still to be answered from the Hussein-Arafat agreement is how forthrightly...