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...University Radical Union (URU), "a group of radical socialist, mainly graduate students and young faculty, who work in, around, and in spite of Harvard University," has published the first issue of a new magazine, Upstart...
According to Arthur MacEwan, assistant professor of Economics and an editor of the magazine, Upstart "is primarily directed at the university community" at Harvard. MacEwan said that Upstart, unlike many other radical magazines, aims at a narrower audience and will carry a different writing style...
...first issue of Upstart contains several articles on the University and its relationship to radical politics, including statements from a number of radical organizations within Harvard departments...
Ackerman said that the editors of Upstart hope to go beyond commenting on single issues like ROTC to "a substantive radical critique of our different disciplines and of the university as a whole...
MaoEwan said that Upstart's concern with the role of the University does not mean that URU stands "in opposition to working with other parts of the movement...