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...response to recent incidents of racism on campus, about 200 undergraduates flocked to the Science Center lawn at noon yesterday to participate in the “Many Colors, One Harvard” rally. The demonstration??which was sponsored by more than 40 Harvard student groups—was held partially as a show of solidarity following an incident on March 6 in which racist comments were scrawled on the walls of Lowell Grille after a graffiti-themed party that was hosted by the Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Student Association. As speakers blared music in the background, the multiracial...
...protesters, Patrick Keaney and Lisa Nieves, were arrested March 3 in front of the Holyoke Center according to the HUPD’s police log. The log said that “officers were monitoring a demonstration?? prior to the arrest...
...really interdisciplinary, as well as an international, perspective.”Indeed, rather than opening with a straightforward lecture, first on the conference’s program is “Wallflowers and Femmes Fatales: Dancing Gender and Politics,” billed as “lecture and demonstration?? by Marta Elena Savigliano, a professor in the Department of World Arts and Culture at the University of California, Los Angeles. Savigliano will utilize a troupe of dancers in her discussion of Latin American gender politics.Incorporating American and Argentinean scholars from both the humanities and social sciences, panel...
...know everyone wants a just peace. What is important to talk about is not that fact, but rather what justice and peace mean to each,” the organization said. As the HSI gathering drew to a close, a “Walk for Peace” demonstration??put on weekly by Cambridge citizens—traveled by with its own plea for peace in Iraq...
...features provide the film with helpful political context. Watkins identifies the infamous 1968 Democratic Convention demonstrations in Chicago as the direct inspiration for the film—he reveals that several members of the cast were selected for their resemblance to Abbie Hoffman and Bobby Seale, two of the demonstration??s organizers. That largely unprofessional cast performs admirably in the film. Watkins wrote little of the actors’ dialogue beforehand. Like fellow Brit filmmaker Mike Leigh, Watkins prefers to give his performers scenarios and allow them to improvise their speech accordingly. This tactic pays off best...