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So maybe it’s time to forget about that future Senate candidacy and chain yourself to a tree in Harvard Yard to protest globalization, stage a silent vigil in honor of the anniversary of some obscure labor revolt, even organize a sit-in in front of Leverett to...
Liberals have taken Harvard to task, too, notably during the “living-wage” campaign in 2001. Democrats with national clout, including Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, supported the students who staged a three-week sit-in inside the University president’s office in Massachusetts Hall...
Paul S. Grogan, who served as Harvard’s vice president for public affairs during the sit-in, cited the event to argue that politicians of all ideological stripes have singled out Harvard in railing against socialism, capitalism, and everything in between.
Long before before Jenna Bush flashed a fake ID or Amy Carter staged a sit-in, another rebellious First Daughter was grabbing the nation's attention by lounging atop the White House roof smoking cigarettes, placing bets with a bookie and toting a pet garter snake named Emily Spinach in...
While blogging has put some young activists in danger, it also has provided a venue for friends and family to agitate for their release and advertise their plight. When 23-year-old Ahmed El Droubi was beaten and arrested at a peaceful sit-in a month ago, his friends and...