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...every corporation's night-mare: a throng of rowdy activists gathers outside company buildings to protest alleged environmental and human-rights abuses. That was the scene in New York City and Chicago last month as dozens of people in white haz-mat suits converged on the offices of JPMorgan Chase to decry what they claimed was the bank's underwriting of illegal logging in Indonesia, and human-rights abuses tied to a Chase-funded mining operation in Peru. Oil companies and industrial giants may be accustomed to such treatment, but not JPMorgan Chase, the second largest bank...
...Katharine B. Dixon, president of the Law School’s Animal Legal Defense Fund, the line between rightful protest and acts of extremism often blurs...
Baking in the hot sun, Helen M. Rayshick, along with about 50 others, stood opposite Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square on April 16—less than a mile from the towering William James Hall—to protest animal experimentation in Harvard labs...
After the initial rush of ticket sales, Archibald said that the concert details were “under control” and that there were no pressing security concerns or fears of a protest. “Even if there is,” Archibald said, “I feel that it’ll be really minimal.” He attributes the more welcoming atmosphere to Syracuse’s being “a little more liberal” than Harvard, and very accepting of different kinds of musical entertainment, especially during Block Party...
...that do not care much for human rights and are willing to make a quick buck without competition. Boycotts and divestment are meaningless unless there are harsh penalties for not complying. “Harsh penalties” generally mean government sanctions and not the shrill cries (or silent protest) of college students several thousand miles away...