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Yang, who stood trial in August, had intended to go on a hunger strike to protest his delayed verdict, which was due Dec. 1 of last year...
...Harvard, the recent news about People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has focused on its “naked” fur protest in the Square and the related arrests of six activists, including a Harvard junior. This is the sort of PETA activity that titillates the media and leads some to think that the controversial organization begins and ends with its “shock tactics,” but headline-grabbing stunts only scratch the surface of PETA’s work on behalf of animals
...motion to overturn Ficom’s exemption narrowly failed by a vote of 20-19. During the vote, after the council decided that no members could abstain from the decision, three council members left the room in protest...
...last week when he announced that the government would drop charges against a former intelligence analyst who exposed U.S. and British plans to spy on U.N. Security Council members potentially hostile to a war. Then Clare Short, a former member of Blair's Cabinet who last year resigned to protest her boss's stance on Iraq, accused British intelligence services of spying on U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan during the acrimonious walk...
...into Fair Trade. Sara Lee began offering Fair Trade coffee after institutional clients--hospitals and universities--demanded it. Meanwhile, groups led by Domini Social Investments, which manages $1.8 billion, jolted P&G, the nation's biggest coffee company, with a shareholder resolution demanding that it consider Fair Trade. After protest rallies and a grass-roots campaign, P&G last September launched a Fair Trade line under its gourmet Millstone brand. So far, it is sold only by mail order, but P&G signed an agreement with activists to begin offering it in thousands of supermarkets. Says P&G spokeswoman Tonia...