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While the Globe stopped short of advocating Harvard's divestment from South Africa-related companies, students have urged Harvard to divest and to end any ties with the country. The University has maintained the divestment is not necessarily effective and that is not proper for an educational institution to take such political stances...
...impassioned speech from the steps of Mass. Hall, a representative of the outlawed African Nations Congress (A.N.C.) urged Sunday's crowd to continue the pressure for Harvard to divest...
...Divestment has caught fire precisely at a time when the cult of the dollar has reached its height and arguments for the inherent morality and justness of capitalism ring most shrill. The movement urging Harvard to divest of its $580 million in South Africa-related investments is an important step towards infusing the free market with a needed dose of democratic decision-making and morality...
...years since then, activists have halted one Commencement for 20 minutes in protest of Harvard real estate practices, carried balloons with slogans denouncing Harvard's treatment of employees, and used masking tape to spell "Divest Now" on top of their mortarboards...
Students say that the escalation of the divestment movement on a national scale this spring has inspired them to increase pressure on Harvard to divest. Divestment will only ultimately be effective on a large scale, they say, and Harvard's divestment could get the ball rolling at other universities...