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...next wave of anti-immigrant feeling targeted Irish and German Catholics. In 1844 anti-immigrant rioters in Philadelphia burned two Catholic churches. By the mid-1850s, an anti-immigrant political movement, the Know-Nothings (so-called because their organization was secret), seemed poised for national success. Abraham Lincoln disdained them: "How can any one who abhors the oppression of Negroes be in favor of degrading classes of white people?" The onset of the Civil War threw the Know-Nothings into the shade; the U.S. had enough homegrown trouble without worrying about immigrants...
...Whereas in the past couple of decades Vietnam's government would often conduct the trials of its opponents relatively low-key, the latest wave of denunciations and arrests have been anything but. Indeed, they seem to have been stepped up in response to a resurgent pro-democracy movement and, for the first time, publicized in state media. Foreign and local journalists have been allowed to attend the open trials, while the state-controlled media has run lengthy screeds against the defendants. The shift in strategy is in some ways a reflection of a changing Vietnam. Nearly 60% of the population...
...subjected to a character assassination attempt such as that unleashed by Adam Goldenberg ’08 Sahil K. Mahtani ’08. Counter has labored with unparalleled enthusiasm to make Harvard the multicultural and tolerant place that it is today. If he chooses to send a shock wave into the system that he aspires to be a beacon of tolerance through his choice of harsh words, then let us be respectful of his disappointment, for his vision for this great institution is unwavering...
...failed amnesty of 1986, widely viewed as the genesis of the current crisis. The moment newly legalized farmworkers realized they had better options, they left for the cities instead of staying in low-paying agriculture jobs. Their exodus from the fields opened the door to an even larger wave of illegal immigration. And that raises the question, Will American agriculture ever pay enough to attract American citizens rather than just illegals? If it did, the newly legalized millions who are currently working in the fields might be inclined to stay there. But paying living wages for farmwork would, of course...
...wave of popularity that carried him to 10 Downing Street ten years ago has crashed on the shoals of public discontent; yet Tony Blair is still standing...