Word: darfur
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...stake had increased by 1,150 shares by the end of last year, according to SEC filings. The group laid out plans to begin a coordinated campaign for divestment at an organizational meeting of 13 students yesterday. Morse and Benjamin B. Collins ’06, co-founder of Darfur Action Coalition, outlined a plan to mobilize students and faculty that included petitions, faculty outreach, and a full report on divestment. The group plans to have a table at the upcoming faculty meeting on Feb. 28 to rally support for divestment. The students accused firms operating in Sudan...
...SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN HAS CALLED ON THE WEST TO STEP UP EFFORTS TO STOP THE KILLING IN DARFUR. IS GENOCIDE THE RIGHT TERM FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING? Sounds right...
Like Summers’ comments about Israel, the basic message about Darfur took advantage of the gravitas of the Harvard name. While the United Nations waffled on what word to apply to the mass murder, displacement, and rape going on in the Sudan, Harvard stated that the genocide in Darfur was something the University took very seriously. And, indeed, one of the most powerful statements Harvard can make is nominating what things we, as a society, should take seriously...
...Harvard’s decisions have to fit within a broader movement. On apartheid, Gulf oil, and tobacco, other investors followed suit, and Harvard’s move carried large public weight. So far, Harvard’s divestment from Sudan has been largely neglected externally, and progress on Darfur has been slow. But at least as far as PetroChina is concerned, Harvard has done what it can, and we must now look to other institutions to follow suit...
Manav K. Bhatnagar ’06 is a Sanskrit and Indian studies and government concentrator in Eliot House. Benjamin B. Collins ’06 is a social studies concentrator in Eliot House. Both are members of the divestment wing of the Harvard Darfur Action Group...