“EDUCATING” MARTY AT HARVARD: PHYLLIS CHESLER
Red Guard Harvard Students “Educate” Dr. Martin Peretz
by Phyllis Chesler
NewsRealBlog
http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/872/harvard-students-martin-peretz
Excerpt:
This past weekend, a throng—nay, a large crowd of Harvard students publicly taunted, shamed, and stalked the venerable liberal intellectual Martin Peretz. Like the jihadists who distribute videos of their beheadings, the protesters also released their mini “Aktion” on YouTube. They call it: “Party for Marty.”
These students decided to rain on “Marty’s” parade, ruin it for him on the day Harvard was honoring him. The video shows students holding up signs presumably with Peretz’s own (but out-of-context) words. It is accompanied by Lesley Gore’s girlish voice singing the 1963 popular song: “It’s My Party and I’ll Cry if I Want To.” The students are smiling, enjoying themselves, enjoying what they hope is Peretz’s enormous discomfort.
The event was to mark the fiftieth anniversary of a Social Studies program. Harvard alumni had raised additional funding for this program in Peretz’s honor. Students protested what they believe Professor Peretz wrote, thinks, is—or perhaps they were also protesting Harvard for daring to honor him.
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