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Unlike the folksy protest songs of yesteryear, our generation’s music of subversion is the pop song. So kick back, relax, and enjoy while we do it to you in your eardrum?...
...Maryam repaired to a bridgehead in Auvers-sur-Oise, a small town northwest of Paris. French anti-terrorist police raided the place in 2003, securing millions of euros and taking Rajavi and some of her collaborators into custody. Several of Rajavi's followers set themselves on fire to protest her arrest, confirming official French concerns about the cultish nature of the group...
...attention with “Abu Ghraib,” a play he wrote and co-produced. As a junior he taught in AIDS-afflicted Namibia and promoted economic development and youth leadership in Morocco. And now, as a senior, he’s working on a thesis highlighting protest through rap-music culture in Parisian immigrant communities—underscoring his belief that “art is a very powerful way of communicating messages.” A former fellow producer, Rowan W. Dorin ’07, thinks of two things when trying to characterize Singh...
...time being. The workers, who were also present at the rally, allege that their intended layoffs from their jobs washing cages at the Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) department were motivated by race. “Harvard, listen! We are in the fight!” the protesters chanted in Spanish. The lunchtime rally, the first on-the-street protest held in response to the layoffs, was led by the Harvard Coalition for Respect and Equality at Work (CREW). Protestors picketed and marched to the rhythm of a bucket drum staccato, soda can maracas, and nearby Salvation Army bells...
...don’t think the manner in which I say things should offend people...I think it’s important to not be disrespectful or unintelligent,” says Grizzle. For the most part, she is treated civilly in return, remembering only one unpleasantry during her protest of last year’s immigration rally. “I think somebody called me an asshole,” she recalls. After graduation, Grizzle plans to work in Washington, DC before deciding whether to apply to law school. Wherever she ends up, Grizzle will continue the outspoken defense...