Word: roles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard Corporation's recent policy statement on its South Africa-related investments fails to address the central ethical issues raised by the role of U.S. corporations and banks in that country. In refusing to call for the total, immediate withdrawal of U.S. firms from South Africa, Harvard ignores the manifest wishes of the South African people, Rather, it attempts to develop a case-by-case analysis, employing vague mechanisms and criteria. The Corporation argues that companies which operate in South Africa "should follow...practices that will ameliorate the effects of apartheid." [emphasis added] Obviously, President Bok, Hugh A. Calkins...
...week that, after eight soft months on the Harvard Nieman dole, I too am going to be shipped out soon--back into that nervous, fumbling brigade they call "the press corps." Shipped out a bit more flaccid than I'd like to admit. A bit more worried about my role; confused about my credentials as a critic of the American scheme...
...night before they marched against Harvard's role in apartheid, 3500 of them, across the Harvard campus. In the morning, they planned, they would stage a sit-out around University Hall, shutting the College's central administrative building down...
...everyone else held back and watched. But, though they did not know it, the leaders had received a mandate from the core of protesters who remained throughout the night, and those who helped blockade U-Hall throughout the following day: If they would lead the struggle against Harvard's role in apartheid, they would be followed with commitment. Perhaps also with fear--there exists a certain amount of fear in almost every demonstrator, not so much of consequences, but of appearing ridiculous--but they would still be followed...
...MOVEMENT that fostered last week's protests is simple only with respect to the horrendous way in which the minority leadership in South Africa treats the non-whites. In both subtle and direct ways, the struggle against America's role in apartheid involves a broad range of important issues, from racism in America, to the future of capitalism. But these related issues are clearly not what united the marchers on Thursday night, or the U-Hall protesters Friday. Many of these participants still refuse to address the broad economic question South Africa raises; others, even now, fail to recognize...