Word: sit-in
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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...
...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...
...students who support the sit-in, we were dismayed when we walked by Mass. Hall Saturday and discovered that it had become co-opted by a group passing out Socialist newspapers and protesting against globalization and corporate greed...
...sit-in is to succeed, it must be focused on the issue at hand, Harvard’s injustice. It can’t be blurred by addressing injustice worldwide, over which even the Corporation has no control...
...names,” including Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, who made an appearance at Mass. Hall and shook hands with some of the protesters. Many executives of the AFL-CIO, including its president John Sweeney, have sent letters supporting the sit-in. Some public figures have supported the cause of a living wage without specifically mentioning the protest; Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.), sent a letter endorsing the campaign for a living wage, and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, though he declined to “tell Harvard what...