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Instead of occupying University Hall to protest administrative policies or building shanties in the Yard to argue for divestment, today’s reformers operate within the system, usually organizing change subtly through established bureaucratic channels and calm, rational discussion. Even small demonstrations of “active protest,” such as the Student Labor Action Movement’s trick-or-treating trip to Summers’ house, are construed as too extreme by many students...
...visually stunning and becomes a hub of cutting-edge research.) At the same time, I personally hope that things don’t quiet down entirely. Both as a journalist and as a graduate, I love the fact that Cambridge is forever bubbling with some sort of controversy, and protest over something or other. At times by its actions, at others by inaction, Harvard exudes a confidence that students and faculty who are allowed to make waves there are more likely to make a difference in the world beyond. Sitting thirty years ago in his remote outpost in the Yard...
Harris did not enter the building, having been arrested once before for a separate protest, but Reeves was one of a handful of students who did. Reeves remembers when the students occupied Mass. Hall, with thousands of students marching around the Yard day and night to make sure the police didn’t arrest them...
...cricket event" in Pakistan on Saturday, and the country's most celebrated former cricket captain, Imran Khan, is also planning to rendezvous with the visiting U.S. President. But rather than guiding Bush through the nuances of the game, the cricketer-turned-opposition leader will be leading a protest march against the U.S. and its support for Pakistan's military regime. The urbane Imran's promise to rally middle-class liberals against Bush and Musharraf may be a sign of just how poorly the U.S. has fared in the battle of ideas in Pakistan. As for the battle against Al Qaeda...
Roughly 50 Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA) employees protested outside City Hall yesterday evening before the weekly city council meeting, demanding the council’s help in obtaining a fair contract with their employer.Members of the CHA Teamsters Local 122 Union said they have been without a contract since April because of what they termed “anti-worker stipulations” in proposed contracts. The CHA develops and manages affordable housing for low-income residents.Harry Anderson, an area supervisor for the CHA, accused the City of “taking away the rights of workers...