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Dershowitz made frequent reference to campus activism over South Africa and demanded similar commitment to the Jewish plight from members of the university community. "It is wrong to take action only against some violators of human rights," he said in a speech from the steps of Widener Library to a crowed of nearly 150 students...
...Hillel sponsored demonstration-featured speeches by Dershowitz and Soviet emigre Mira Khmelnitskaya and centered on the plight of a hospitalized refusenik Nadezha Eradkova...
Given the obstacles the script presents, this in itself is a commendable effort. Though the play does purport to concern itself with the plight of Miss Julie (Andrea Dishy) and her servant (Dean Norris), its heavily Marxist language and tone often undercut the development of the characters as individuals. Moreover, while many of Strindberg's speeches are poetic and inspirational, much of the script is repetitious. The virtual absence of any physical action, coupled with a cast of only three characters, makes for a dangerously static 90 minutes if director and cast aren't careful...
Tutu told a Memorial Church audience of almost 500 listeners of the plight of his country's political prisoners and the lack of civil rights which Black South Africans face. He then said, "That is the kind of system that those who invest in South Africa are buttressing, whether they like...
Appalled by the plight of female teachers and becoming aware of the growing feminist movement, "I started asking myself about women's rights," recalls Allred, "and I started asking what rights we didn't have." She had several personal experiences to draw on. While at N.Y.U. she had worked as a buyer at Gimbels department store. She earned $75 a week, while a man doing the same job got $90 "because he had a family. Well, so did I - an infant daughter...