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...flawed understanding of Than Shwe and his men will be ineffective or even counterproductive, warn Burma experts. Now, therefore, is time to get to know the generals - starting with the man his soldiers call Aba Gyi, or Grandfather. (See TIME's photo essay "Burma: 19 Years of Protest...
...probably the definitive social movement of my life, and also of my generation,” says Helen Molesworth, a co-curator of the exhibition and the Houghton Curator of Contemporary Art at the Harvard Art Museum. “It was a really important moment of social protest in our lifetime...
...that “ACT UP New York” will not only engage students but also inspire them to take action on what has come to be a fairly politically dormant campus. “After 9/11 our ability to be really critical of our government and to protest in public has been demonstrably curtailed,” Molesworth says. “This is a show that shows what happens when citizens insist that the government meet their needs. I guess I’m interested in sharing that history with people who haven’t seen...
...Though he stayed out of the fray at first, President Sarkozy on Tuesday spoke out to protest his son's "being thrown to the wolves." Later that evening, Jean made a rare television appearance to pledge he would seek the EPAD job "to the very end." Elsewhere, he and his supporters sought to turn what opponents called his principal advantage into something he depicted as almost a handicap. "Being called Sarkozy makes things harder, which the violent personal attacks I have faced from the outset have proved," Jean told reporters. "Whatever I say, whatever I do, I will be criticized...
...over." He adds it would fuel charges that Obama has been cowed by a small group of conservative Republican Cold Warriors in Congress. Led by South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, they recently journeyed to Honduras to show their support for Micheletti and are holding up diplomatic appointments to protest Obama's opposition to the coup. (Read "Honduras Quagmire: An Interview with Zelaya...