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LAST WEEK'S resurgence of anti-apartheid activity once again brought to the foreground the depth of the emotional feeling the divestiture issue raises on campus. More that 5000 students thronged the Yard to hear the Rev. Jesse I. Jackson denounce Harvard's ties to South Africa, and then some...
As the Rev. Jesse Jackson's fiery criticism of Harvard's investment policy drew the attention of thousands yesterday. Harvard tried to insure that those reading and watching reports of the pro-divestiture rally got both sides of the story.
"I hope students will think critically about what [Jesse Jackson] said and figure out how they want to connect his poetry with political action," Moses said.
President Bok, responding to the Rev. Jesse I. Jackson's March 12 open letter asking Harvard to divest its $565 million of stock in companies which do business in South Africa, recently reaffirmed, the University's long-standing opposition to such divestment.
Unconvinced by these arguments, Jesse Jackson has called for Harvard to cut its ties to South Africa, claiming that "it must put people ahead of profit." Yet, in fact, it is Jackson and other proponents of divestiture who willfully ignore the people, in this case the Black industrial workers of...