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...Monday morning, the Boston Police roused scores of sleeping protesters??including several Harvard students and top NASA climate scientist James E. Hansen—from their tents pitched on Boston Common, asking them to ready their identification cards...
...aware that the economic downturn is affecting every sector of the economy,” Provost said. “But when we were undergraduates, we formed relationships with these workers. Even now that we are alumni, those relationships have not died out.” The protesters??who, according to Provost, included alumni, students, and parents—held signs saying, “Stop the layoffs,” and “Worker’s lives are not your rainy-day fund.” The protesters chose the Harvard Club of New York...
...about human rights violations as widely as possible; strategizing means for fans and athletes (whose ability to express political opinions is limited, the result of Olympic charter and U.S. Olympic policy) to participate in activist efforts—these and other tactics can be steps in the direction of protesters?? underlying goals. As the opening ceremonies draw ever closer, we wish athletes and activists alike the best in chasing their Beijing goals. “One world, one dream,” the official 2008 slogan reads—and a thousand spotlights, a thousand gazes...
...After nine days of asceticism that saw two participants hospitalized and no movement by the University on the protesters?? main demand—that Harvard get involved in negotiations with the guards’ contractor—the preparation almost seemed worth it. Despite the health problems and the absence of a full victory, the strike became a defining action in a year that Undergraduate Council President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 says was characterized by “a greater air of student activism on campus in general...
...worse, of the political activism at Harvard. Using radical methods for routine negotiations not only misdirects the activists’ time and energy, but it also alienates the moderate liberal majority on campus. Over DemsTalk and other public forums, many students scorned the strike while voicing support for the protesters?? ultimate goals. In fact, an (admittedly unscientific) poll of more than 800 students found that over 70 percent “do not support this particular tactic [of a hunger strike] as appropriate.” But when the revolution comes, although the cadre of activists will...