A Party for Marty - Harvard students protest New Republic editor

[Douglas Carpenter]

Run time: 02:23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3hLOO3YFM8   Posted on YouTube: September 25, 2010 By YouTube Member: partyformarty Views on YouTube: 302   Posted on DU: September 26, 2010 By DU Member: Douglas Carpenter Views on DU: 1402

 
From salon.com

And here is the press release put out by the protest organizers:

CAMBRIDGE, Sept. 25—Over 100 members of the Harvard community and others "welcomed" New Republic editor and the university administration's favorite racist, Martin Peretz, at the 50th anniversary of Harvard's Social Studies program with a combination of protests, walk-outs, and probing questions.

Demonstrators at the event confronted Peretz outside Harvard's Science Center—which was held in part to launch a $650,000 research fund in his name—and followed him for several minutes while chanting slogans rejecting his racist stances.

"Just because President Faust wants to honor a longtime public bigot doesn't mean that the Harvard community does," said senior Abdelnasser Rashid, a social studies concentrator. "We've billed this demonstration as a 'Party for Marty' to show how absurd Harvard's decision to celebrate Peretz is."

snip:

The demonstrators joined the over 600 people, nearly all Harvard affiliates or alumni, who signed an open letter this week calling upon Harvard to reverse its decision to honor Peretz and establish a fund in his name. Separately, several Harvard student groups representing Arab, African-American, Muslim, and Latino students jointly signed letters condemning the decision to honor Peretz.

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2010/09/25/harvard_peretz_protest&source=newsletter&utm_source=contactology&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Salon_Daily%20Newsletter%20%28Not%20Premium%29_7_30_110

[ProgressiveMuslim]

1. K & R

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Is Harvard going the way of NPR?

[Douglas Carpenter]

3. as NPR went the way of the New Republic

It is almost hard to imagine now - but before Marty Peretz became editor - the New Republic was a distinctly progressive/left/liberal publication and certainly anti-racist. But Marty changed all of that.

[BrklynLiberal]

4. I never realized what an INTERESTING history that magazine had....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Republic

[Douglas Carpenter]

8. oh yes..I remember very well when TNR was distinctly lefty - probably to the left of the Nation

[peacetalksforall]

5. NPR Harvard FBI - every day there is more proof that the one world order barons are circling.

Can't see it yet? Don't wait too long.

[Stellar]

6. K & R

:thumbsup:

[perdita9]

7. Harvard Heroes

Great job, guys! Keep up the good work.