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Yureii and Olga Medvedkov, Dina Zisserman, and many other members of the group are also refuseniks. To Yureii Medvedkov, the right to emigrate is one of a broad slate of human rights that are indivisible from peace activism. "To be a peace activist is a right," he insists. Refuseniks, by applying to leave have already crossed into a realm of dissent which sets them apart from ordinary Soviet citizens. While simply wanting to leave is not usually considered dissent in Western countries, a desire to leave is considered tantamount to treason in the Soviet Union. As a result refuseniks...
...politics, President Reagan, Central America, the arms race and Israel. Although we conversed freely on all these issues, when we asked for details about other refuseniks in Riga, prisoners in labor camps, and recent arrests Lev's voice fell to a low whisper and he removed a "magic slate" from the wall. He wrote what he could not speak onto the board and then erased the words. He gave me the names of people in Riga who wanted invitations from Israel and the names of refuseniks who wanted visitors. My discomfort and surprise at watching adult men and women...
...objectionable documents: a letter from you urging alumni to vote against single-issue candidates and a description of Harvard's present investment policy as it relates to companies that do business in South Africa. As you note in the letter, this year's election is unique because a slate of candidates, known as the Alumni Against Apartheid, are actively campaigning on a platform of divestment. The letter, written from your position as president of the Board of Overseers, paid for with Harvard University funds, and enclosed with ballots for the election, can only be viewed as an unjustified and inexcusable...
Overseer candidates are normally selected by the alumni office, and their election is not usually contested by an outside slate...
Plotz said the overseers denied his slate the opportunity to put foward their own views on divestment...