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...also protesting today with the bigger picture in mind,” said Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) member Alyssa M. Aguilera...
April is a good month for protest. Roughly four years before the Progressive Puker opened his mouth, the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) spent 21 days “occupying” Mass. Hall to compel Harvard to pay its workers a living wage. The criticism of PSLM’s act sounded a lot like the criticism of the Puker. The Crimson, which supported a living wage, argued that the occupation was “unjustified and inappropriate.” A majority of students supported a living wage, but less than a third supported the occupation. The University...
...making it impossible for the CIA or the DHS to recruit. After they made their point, they should have let the event happen. They gained nothing by continuing to disrupt, and their actions were disrespectful. Even worse, the protesters were so incoherent in their objectives (in contrast to PSLM and King) that they hindered their own ability to prompt serious discussion or action...
...jumped right into PSLM as a freshman,” says Mackinnon. Although the group had a non-hierarchical structure, Mackinnon became what is known as a “bottom-liner”—one of the most active and vocal members of the group. She knocked on almost every single freshman door before University President Lawrence H. Summers’ inauguration, urging them to hang living wage signs in their yard-facing windows...
Just weeks later, Mackinnon got her moment in the limelight. On November 30, PSLM organized a 600-person rally outside the Science Center, “Justice for Janitors.” And Mackinnon...