Word: molyneuxs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...someone with a clear sense of direction. Guy Molyneux '81-4 has championed a series of fairly disparate campus movements. From the 1978 torchlight march protesting Harvard's investments in companies that do business in South Africa, to the boycott of a cap and gown manufacturer over a union dispute, to the condemnation of Arnold C. Harberger's appointment as head of the Harvard Institute of International Development, to the formation of the progressive "Coop Group." Molyneux has had a hand in nearly every even vaguely leftist student campaign in his almost five years in Cambridge...
...Molyneux, the ideological connection among these protests, demonstrations, unionization movements, conferences and campaigns runs deep. "Most of these problems are tied to great concentrations of wealth and hence power," he begins, retelling a familiar story...
...elder Molyneuxs instilled in their only son the values they grew up with. Guy calls his mother a "red diaper baby" and his father is active in the local teachers' union. For Guy, too, labor activity has provided a common thread of interest. He spent much of freshman year and a summer in Albany working on union issues. He helped organize the 1978-79 boycott of J.P. Stevens, a southern textile company with a history of anti-union activity. A concern for labor also led Molyneux to spearhead a drive to remove Cotrell and Leonard caps and gowns from...
...Molyneux says he is happiest about the Cotrell and Leonard protest, because it drew support from a large majority of the senior class. The company went before the National Labor Relations Board on charges of anti-union activity, and later went out of business as a result. Some Coop board members have criticized the student protest because it eventually cost Cotrell and Leonard workers their jobs, says Molyneux. But of the company he adds. "I'm convinced the world's better off without it. I don't feel I'm responsible for their losing their jobs...
...enjoy our meetings. I am frankly surprised that the SYL is so anxious to attend our meetings, just as I would be surprised if members of the Conservative Club suddenly began attending. In any event, all members of the community willing to respect simple democratic procedures are welcome. Guy Molyneux...