The bonds and acquaintances built by the Alexis Tsipras with its students and teachers Harvard they withstand time. Karl Molden, one of the students who had the opportunity to get to know the former prime minister At Harvard’s period he uploaded a post to his personal account on LinkedIn, on the occasion of completing his internship at the Institute.
Specifically, Karl Molden said that “yesterday was the last day of my summer internship at the Alexis Tsipras Institute. I am very grateful for the invaluable knowledge I have acquired for the Greek politics And for all the impressive people I met. Many thanks to Alexis Tsipras, his team and Harvard European Studies Center for giving me the opportunity to spend a month at Athensยป.
Fellow at Alexis Tsipras Institute
Karl Molden, originally from Austria, is one of the most active members of the student movement at the American University and at the same time participates in JFK JR Forum Commitee. From the first moment he had expressed to the former prime minister his desire to come as an Intern at the Institute, because his interest in politics and his love for ancient Greek philosophy and history is intense.
So by the media June was a permanent visitor In Amalia and had first hand in touch with the latest, and not only political developments but also discussions, collaborations and contacts with a wide range of personalities knowing Greece better.
Meeting point for Harvard Students Athens
Karl Molden’s stay in Athens and Alexis Tsipras Institute has been a good reason for the informal reunion of students who are the leadership team of the Harvard Students for Freedom in the previous days.
Who participated? In addition to Karl Molden, Leo Gerden and Tova Kaplan came. Leo, Karl and Tova shortly after Trump’s extreme attacks on foreign students, Harvard and the majority of US universities did not save. They went out and complained, wrote articles in leading US newspapers, and interviewed Policy Trump on almost all major US networks.
Leo Gerden had arrived in early June, participating in the 2nd International Conference of the Alexis Tsipras Institute. His speech had a great response, and in particular the reports of Trump politics.
“We know exactly what Trump wants. We see it in Los Angeles these days. We know how it refers to the media and universities. Does not believe in the concept of the independent institution. Whether he does it or not, it will depend on us. Will we be silent? Will the institutions are silent? The courts? Universities? If he does, we will already have lost the battle, “Leo Gerden had characteristically said.
After the endSo, of this hectic academic year at Harvard, Leo, Tova and Karl were first found up close again, in the previous days in Greece because of … Tsipras. And so they had the opportunity to see their subsequent moves as Students for Freedom and discuss and share thoughts and experiences with Alexis Tsipras.