Today, published a The Daily Gazette pro-divestment letter signed by three recipients of Swarthmore honorary degrees: sociologist Arlie Hochschild ’62, activist John Braxton ’70, and, most notably, linguist and social critic Noam Chomsky. Here is an excerpt from the letter, which references Swarthmore’s 1989 divestment from South Africa: Swarthmore has been a powerful voice for justice at critical moments in history.
Today, published a The Daily Gazette pro-divestment letter signed by three recipients of Swarthmore honorary degrees: sociologist Arlie Hochschild ’62, activist John Braxton ’70, and, most notably, linguist and social critic Noam Chomsky. Here is an excerpt from the letter, which references Swarthmore’s 1989 divestment from South Africa: Swarthmore has been a powerful voice for justice at critical moments in history.