Word: shantytown
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When the members of the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee (SASC) built the shantytown six weeks ago, they said the shanties would stand until the University agreed to a list of demands which included total divestment of the University's $416 million dollars invested in stock in companies that do business in South Africa...
Spence and other administrators have also expressed concern about the number of people outside the Harvard community who are sleeping in the shanties. SASC members decided soon after the construction of the shantytown to allow homeless people to stayin the shanties...
...When the shantytown and the Ivory Tower were erected, I was extremely enthusiastic and supportive. I have long supported the divestment movement at Harvard and I was glad to see such a protest of University hypocrisy. This institution cannot stand blindly by its symbol of "truth" while it attempts to deceive the student body by declaring that Harvard investments in South Africa-related stocks do not buttress the repressive and racist system of apartheid. But just as the University basks in the darkness of untruthfulness, I am sorry to say that the indictment also extends to the members...
When the cause is so great, it may seem foolish to some to bring up such grievances. But I believe that silence is acceptance, and I am not prepared to silently accept the status quo at the shantytown. As things stand, it is nothing less than a farce to call the shanties an "open university" and the standards of its membership fair behavior for a community. What the Open University lacks is dedication to its stated principles and a clear view of its objectives. What it requires is a personal commitment to uphold the rights of all and to protect...
...hope that this letter will rock the foundations of complacency in the shantytown and cause members of the Open University to contemplate their past actions and future plans. I am quite sure that this letter will further isolate me from the Open University members. I regret this fact, and I applaud those members of the Open University who have also noted the abuses I have discussed. It is nothing more than the discharge of responsibility which prompts me to confront the very organization of which I am a member, in which a number of my associations are, and also...