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...among the worst, if not the worst, in the world today.” “[M]illions of people are forced in the concentration camps, not unlike those of the Holocaust,” Lee wrote. “There they are forced into labor, and many are tortured through inhumane practices.” In addition to human rights, the national LiNK group has made assisting refugees crossing the Korean-Chinese border one of its key issues. It claims that hundreds of thousands of North Korean refugees remain in hiding in China. “LiNK maintains...
...part of the U.S. and participate in the country’s social contract. Once here, immigrants constantly interact with American citizens, contribute to the national GDP, and fulfill jobs most Americans do not want but that are nonetheless critical for maintaining our way of life. The labor of undocumented workers has even become crucial in rebuilding areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Most importantly, immigrants are human beings and are thus entitled to basic human rights. But let us abandon these philosophical arguments and look at the economic facts. Although immigrants send important remittances to Mexico, this figure adds...
...will take generations to achieve. History suggests progress will be uneven and messy. During the Industrial Revolution in the British Isles, starvation and forced migration almost halved Ireland's population. In the late 19th century in the U.S., millions lived in squalor, and militias occasionally shot striking workers in labor disputes - it happened as late as 1914, in Ludlow, Colorado. Before the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia had one of the fastest rates of economic growth in Europe, even as peasants starved and an urban proletariat grew up ready to revolt. It's easy to see how, on a three-day trip...
...administrative policies or building shanties in the Yard to argue for divestment, today’s reformers operate within the system, usually organizing change subtly through established bureaucratic channels and calm, rational discussion. Even small demonstrations of “active protest,” such as the Student Labor Action Movement’s trick-or-treating trip to Summers’ house, are construed as too extreme by many students...
...stodginess, Pusey was heavily criticized for his inability to control student unrest after the 1969 University Hall sit-in, and the Harvard Corporation turned to Bok to settle the waters.Law Professor Emeritus Detlev F. Vagts was not surprised by the choice, noting that Bok’s specialty in labor law made him an ideal candidate for the job. “If you’re doing any of these kinds of negotiations the first thing you need to do is understand where the other side is coming from, not to assume that they’re just...