Word: campaigners
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Over 100 demonstrators gathered yesterday to protest what they said was the University’s apparent lack of response to the anti-layoffs campaign...
...Festival for Worker Justice is part of SLAM’s recent “Greed is the New Crimson” campaign. Last week, SLAM members approached University President Drew G. Faust with a letter outlining their concerns and requesting a meeting with the Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body...
Pleased with the high turnout and energy at the rally, SLAM member Alyssa M. Aguilera ’08-’09 expressed optimism about the campaign...
...Egypt to allow his people to practice their religion. Moses, considered by Muslims to be a prophet, is a common theme in Islamic sermons, but at the Red Mosque it took on a special significance. In early 2007 students at the Red Mosque's two affiliated seminaries launched a campaign for Shari'a, occupying a nearby children's library and embarking on vigilante raids through the capital to stop what they called "un-Islamic activities," such as DVD vendors, barber shops and a Chinese-run massage parlor that they accused of being a brothel. The siege culminated in a terrifying...
...February between the provincial government and an influential religious leader affiliated with the Taliban movement. In addition, the agreement called for the withdrawal of the Pakistani military from the valley and the release of all Taliban prisoners. In return, the insurgents promised to put an end to their vicious campaign that included public beheadings of government officials and suicide attacks on Pakistani security forces. It is still unclear, however, if the Taliban insurgents will allow girls' schools to reopen, women to leave their homes unescorted by male family members, or barber shops and DVD stores to reopen...