明天Ye就要回缅甸了,这位缅甸的新闻人,将从这里出发,为梦想回家。他似乎面临更多的挑战,在一个高度管制的国度,他希望开始他对于新闻理解的五大计划,其中包括建立网络。所以我们集体小聚一下,颇有点送壮士的感觉。
在一个叫Free Speech Movement Café的地方,是为纪念在反抗校方钳制言论而引发的自由言论运动而建立的咖啡吧。1964到12月3日,一个名叫Mario Savio的22岁小伙子,在这里发表了“place your bodies upon the gears”的演讲,成为言论自由运动的领军人物,呼吁学校当局保障“言论自由”和“学术自由”。
“对我而言,言论自由代表了人类全部的尊严……,使得我们如此靠近天使” ("To me, freedom of speech is something that represents the very dignity of what a human being is ... It is the thing that marks us as just below the angels.")
事情的起因很简单,学生中的活跃分子要支持南部的非裔美国人选举,于是在校园里面摆摊设点,宣扬政见,顺道为民权化缘。这在今日是很普通的事情,昨日在校园里就看不同的人举着一个类似古代巡视“肃静”的牌子,不过上书支持某某竞选P,或者VP,或者EP,有的把照片也贴上招摇过市,非常热闹。
但在当时,学校的还只为民主党和共和党的校园集团敞开,而院长马上颁布了一项禁止学生组织参与政治选举、演说、招新和筹款的条例。学生们当然不干了。伯克利的研究生Jack Weinberg坐到了争取种族平等办公室的桌子上,并拒绝出示身份证,所以被捕了。学生们自发包围了警察的车,36个小时车都没动,而车则成了很好的发表演讲的讲台。而后又引发了一次3000人的游行。
骚乱以后,校方还是让步了,1965年1月3日,恰好1个月的时间,新的教务长Martin Meyerson确定了一个临时方案,允许政治活跃分子在伯克利的校园公开活动,但是只能在一天的某些时候,而且必须是允许的桌子。这就是这个咖啡厅所在地的故事,坐在这里讨论Ye的新闻梦想,想起“三角地”那个传教士,那些选举的孩子,当然还有流浪汉,倒也和谐。
又比方说BP的项目,刚来不久,伯克利、劳伦斯伯克利实验室和伊利诺伊大学拿到了BP赞助的5亿美金的生物能源的项目。这个新闻在主页显眼位置停留了一周,而伯克利校友会更是屁颠屁颠的给每一个Cal的邮箱发了喜报,仿佛范进中举。5亿美金啊,想咱P大拿了1.7亿RMB就忙不迭待的说史上最大一笔捐款。想来伯克利就要在生物能源领域挑大梁执牛耳云云了。
不过,很快校园里有专门成立了反对BP项目的团体和网站。We insist that UC Berkeley must commit itself to responsible, accountable research in the interest of social justice and sustainability. 反对的原因主要有三:The undemocratic process by which it was struck. The social and environmental consequences of this research. BP's control over the research agenda.
虽然到早晨4点为止,还只有276人在网上签名,伯克利共有3万师生,但是别小看这三百来人,他们是非常重要的一个群体。你看下面这个请愿书,其请也诚,其愿也真,276个人各有他们的师友,这个团体会在很多公众场合散发传单宣传他们的理念,我比较懒惰的人也知道了他们的存在。其实,我并不相信他们真的能使校方放弃这个deal,但是,下次校方起码会考虑,“先听听我的意见”!
而Yi给我讲他去州府Sacrament参观的故事,在一个大议事厅,工作人员给前来参观的孩子们说,“这里是百姓议事的地方,任何人都可以进去,只有一个人不能进,那就是州长,他来会影响我们议事的心情”。通过民权、维权争取来的权利,又通过程序、制度保障,通过教育来传承。
即使在所谓的王国的王国,自由和民主都是争取来的。大概没有天生的“公仆”,只有受监督的权力,公众才可能牵住国家的牛鼻子,使得政府权力膨胀的欲望和与民争利的冲动得到遏制,不得不“为人民服务”。
Don't sign the BP deal! Involve the public!
PETITION TO THE CHANCELLOR OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY
With respect to the formation of the Energy Bioscience Institute, we, the undersigned students, faculty, and staff of the University of California -- Berkeley, and citizens of California draw the attention of the Chancellor of the University of California -- Berkeley to our concerns that
1.Students, faculty, and the public have a right to greater participation in decisions regarding large deals with BP and other corporate funders.
2.The Energy Bioscience Institute may contribute to economic, social, and environmental impacts and injustices through the development and promotion of new biofuel and GMO technologies, projects and/or programs.
3.As a public institution, information and technology developed by UCB is the property of the general public, and in order to insure academic integrity UCB activities and decisions must be conducted independently of large corporate interests.
Therefore, your petitioners call upon the Chancellor of University of California -- Berkeley to
1.Hold public forums to discuss and debate the agreement between UCB and BP, and make all information about the agreement and proposal process fully available.
2.Not sign the agreement with BP establishing the Energy Bioscience Institute prior to receiving consent, comments, and amendments from a representative student-faculty body.
3.Provide more equity in funding between different fields of sustainability research so UCB continues to meet its mission as an institution with a strong breadth of academic and research strengths.
4.Develop policies and procedures that include students and faculty in open discussions and reviews regarding the sustainability and ethical implications of future private-public ventures.
风能进雨能进,国王不能进。等啥时敢对国王说“不能”的时候,咱们P大的腰杆子才算硬起来。
ReplyDelete看完《玉山录音》,想起一句话,尊严是挣出来的!
今天清明节,读到一首诗,狄兰·托马斯同学写的,怎一个壮哉了得:
And Death Shall Have No DominionAnd death shall have no dominion.
Dead men naked they shall be oneWith the man in the wind and the west moon;When their bones are picked clean and the clen bones gone, They shall have stars at elbow and foot;Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;Though lovers be lost love shall not;And death shall have no dominion.And death shall have no dominion.Under the windings of the seaThey lying long shall not die windily;Twisting on racks when sinews give away,Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;Faith in their hands shall sanp in two, And the unicorn evils run them through;Slipt alll ends up they shan't crack;And death shall have no dominion.And death shall have no dominion.No more may gulls cry at their ears or waves break loud on the seashores;Where blew a flower may a flower no moreLift its head to the blow of the rain;Though they be mad and dead as nails,Heads of characters hammer through daisies;Break in the sun till the sun break down,And death shall have no dominion.
就是喜欢这种风格的学校呢 哈
ReplyDelete校方终于扛不住了,校办在新闻网上整了个专题来解释BP项目的过程和相关问题:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2007/04/12_ebi.shtml
这是后话了
http://espm.berkeley.edu//grs/index.php
ReplyDelete这个就是4月28日的ESPM Graduate Research Symposium, 那个keynote speaker Gretchen Daily (http://www.stanford.edu/group/CCB/Staff/gretchen.htm) 还是很牛的,值得一听。到时候再联系!