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...while he was publisher there. We find his actions quite despicable, particularly his hiring of so-called "permanent replacement workers" to take jobs away from dedicated career employees, including my father. We believe that such an individual is unworthy of being honored by Harvard with an appointment as an IOP fellow...
Cloud even asked me why we were trying to stop Hoge from teaching this class. I explained to Cloud that we were doing nothing of the sort. Were we to shout down Hoge at the IOP introductory meeting, disrupt his study group when it tries to meet, or block access to the building, then we would be in the wrong...
Cloud unprofessionally misrepresented our actions, which have been peaceful attempts to distribute information about Hoge's anti-worker policies. Incidentally, the IOP and Kennedy School of Government have faced protests in the past in which speakers were shouted down or cars were blocked; we never considered using such tactics in our protest...
...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...
...IOP screened out all potential 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...