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...asking even sex workers to join the cause, even if we have to pay them ourselves.' PATRICIA NYAUNDI, executive director of Kenya's Federation of Women Lawyers, on a campaign to get women to withhold sex to protest infighting in the coalition government...
...reverse boycott is perfect for the growing cadre of slactivists - slackers who care just enough about causes to sign online petitions and join Facebook protest pages but lack the time, money or drive to do much else...
...group agreed on a three-phase protest dubbed "We Are Harvard: Students, Staff, and Faculty for Transparency and Inclusion in Budget Cuts," which will take place before, during, and after the monthly Faculty meeting this Tuesday...
...protest will begin with student group leaders—and possibly faculty or staff—handing out materials before the meeting starts. Then students who serve on student-faculty committees, and are thus allowed to attend the meeting, will pose questions to the faculty about budget cuts, according to the plan. Currently, the cuts are not on the Faculty meeting agenda...
When the tanks and troops blasted their way into Beijing's Tiananmen Square 20 years ago, crushing the student-led protest movement that had captivated the world, the biggest political casualty was Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang, the man who had tried hardest to avoid the bloodshed...