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...norm, an attempted fusion of Beach Boys pop and stadium rock that results in the album’s worst track. Springsteen has spent much of the past decade rallying opposition to the Bush administration, but “Magic” is relatively apolitical. The only blatant protest song is “Last to Die,” featuring the chorus “Whose blood will spill / Whose heart will break / Who’ll be the last to die for our mistake.” “Gypsy Biker...
...Burma's generals have led their nation astray. Obsessed with maintaining power above all else, the army has repeatedly turned its guns against its own people, most tragically in 1988 when a student-led protest movement was crushed, leaving some 3,000 dead. Nor do army leaders perceive threats to their authority coming only from inside the country. "Than Shwe grew up under colonial occupation by the British and the Japanese," says Thailand-based Burmese military analyst Win Min, "so he is a nationalist to the point of xenophobia [who] believes military rule is the only way to keep...
...grasp the need to be socially responsible. "The public is not informed enough to hold companies accountable," says Guo, the Syntao website manager. But that, too, is starting to change. In June, for example, thousands of residents in the southern port city of Xiamen took to the streets to protest against a planned chemical plant. Authorities put construction on hold. "Such fury wouldn't have even been notable in the West, but it's new for China," says Stephen Frost, director of the nonprofit CSR Asia. "People now have their pick of what to buy, what to eat and where...
...Student protesters and union members gathered yesterday outside the Holyoke Center to protest the August firing of a Harvard library assistant who had been arrested for allegedly making terrorist threats in the Alewife T station. The rally was staged by the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) and the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers. The groups have demanded that the University rehire the longtime employee, David S. Toomey, an assistant at the Harvard College Library’s technical services division. The groups said Harvard discriminated against Toomey, a 20-year library veteran who they said has a medical...
...Hilles to spread awareness about the situation there. About 50 people attended the event Tuesday night, which followed last Friday’s demonstration in Harvard Square. The first speaker, Daw Aye Aye San, was an activist in Myanmar, formerly Burma, in 1988 amid a wave of student protests. She said that after being arrested, she was tortured for six days before being sent to prison. She said that one military officer told her, “You are like water in my hand...nobody can come and help you. Nobody can protect you and live peacefully in this country...