Word: burstein
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...executive board of the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard (CLUH), after having met without the presence of Director Joshua Burstein '93, wishes to make the following response to John A. Cloud's editorial "That's Outrageous," published in the September 26 issue of The Crimson...
Moreover, in his first reference to my involvement in this protest, Cloud wrote, "Joining [the protesting workers] is the director of the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard, Joshua E. Burstein '93. Pretty strange reasoning for a civil libertarian, even though he's acting independently of CLUH...
...personal level, fails to tell the whole story of our protest against Harvard honoring Hoge and granting recognition to his anti-worker policies, and selectively excludes relevant information and quotes which, if included, would show Cloud's argument to be a much weaker one. Joshua E. Burstein...
...Burstein, who has a personal stake in the issue since his father worked for The Daily News and died of a heart attack during the strike, is right to attack Hoge's political views on strikes. But those views should not be enough to keep Hoge from teaching his study group. Granted, Burstein doesn't plan to blockade the IOP, but he does want Hoge removed...
...fellows who engaged in some arbitrary set of Bad Things, they would lose the political diversity which make the study groups successful--or at least somewhat interesting. As John W. Roberts, director of the local American Civil Liberties Union, told The Crimson in what was purportedly a defense of Burstein, "Well, you don't want anyone drummed out because of their message." Exactly...