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...chances of the administration paying serious attention to this sit-in would be far greater if the PSLM kept its mind on the living wage in our community and saved other battles for another...
...Over the course of the past two days, hundreds of students, faculty, staff, politicians, clergy and union leaders have participated in the PSLM protest (News, “Sit-In Draws Counter-Protest But No Talks,” April 20). While the counter-protest was short-lived and had low turn-out, Thursday’s day’s major events—a noon rally, a panel of speakers and a vigil—each lasted over an hour and drew large crowds. Your coverage April 20 simply did not discuss the most significant events...
...disappointed with The Crimson’s refusal to endorse the PSLM sit-in. The tactics that the staff scorns may or may not be frivolous; but when they are used to advertise a well-informed cause, deliver intelligent speeches on why a living wage would not affect employment at Harvard or draw students to pick up leaflets that explain why a living wage will support families, it is stubborn myopia that leads one to see only the fire-eating and not the cause itself...
...PSLM is seriously damaging its credibility by allowing its own protest to be merged with the disparate concerns of leftist activists. It is alienating members of the Harvard community concerned about unfairly low wages but unready to embrace anti-globalization rants...
Over the past three days, the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) protesters in Massachusetts Hall have achieved a significant degree of student and outside support. While we still hold with our position that coercive protest on this issue, such as the Mass. Hall takeover, is unjustified and inappropriate, we recognize the non-coercive successes of PSLM that have occurred amidst the protest and we hope they will continue...