Word: protesters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hand, we protest the egregious activities of Shell Oil in Nigeria in defense of the health of local inhabitants and the local environment. Yet on the other hand, we protest the destruction of Indonesian rainforests by poverty-stricken farmers for the sake of "biodiversity." So is environmentalism a socially progressive movement that protects the little person from corporate exploitation? Or is it an imperialist project that seeks to prevent people from using their own resources due to a belief that tropical forests matter more than local welfare...
...Justice Department Injunction to prevent Operation Rescue volunteers from physically blocking clinic doors. Still, the Operation Rescue Web site urges anti-abortion activists to, "Picket the communities, clubs, churches, and offices of baby killers." There is no justification for the use of these tactics against private individuals. Public protest in a public forum is a constitutional freedom, but the targeting of individuals in the places they live and work constitutes harassment and intimidation...
...staff is hypocritical in advocating women's right to choose abortion but not conceding--indeed not aggressively defending--the constitutional right of others to protest that choice in a way that does not physically harm their opponents...
...opinion, violent crime merits vigorous protest. Professor Wisse argues that a "hushed vigil" would have been more appropriate than the "self righteous...[and] thuggish" protests which took place around University Hall. What about our constitutional right to assembly? Harvard may be called an "ivory tower," but the laws of the land still apply within its gates. What she deems "political hysteria" is perhaps well-deserved outrage at an administration which has done too little, too late to deal with the issue of sexual assault on campus...
...lunch, JUSTICE HARRY BLACKMUN took a walk to clear his head. He went out alone, in his navy blue cardigan frayed at the sleeves and his old blue overcoat, walked around the block and, coming back to the Court, stopped to listen to the picketers who gathered daily to protest abortion, some carrying signs that accused him of mass murder. He had respect and compassion for them. They never noticed him, the small lean bespectacled man with gray hair; his humility shielded him. Then he walked up the steps under the EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW inscription, went...