The company has attracted the interest of activist investors amid lackluster growth in recent years, The Wall Street Journal reports.
First, that size and complexity create tensions: democracy versus professionalism; local and regional autonomy versus central direction; the interests of activist members versus those of "shopping members".
The young people of Britain do not need leaders, and the new wave of activists has no interest in the ideological bureaucracy of the old left.
The report cites increased repression of ethnic and religious minorities, increased detention and harassment of activists and public-interest lawyers, and continuing repression in Tibet.
"Ideally, we'd like to get activists interested in a much deeper level of involvement through this," Ms. Tolf said.
Ying depicts the immediate interest of activists in the case, one of whom reveals that Ai Weiwei posted about the case and explains that many "netizens" are among her supporters.
Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute, for instance, fulminated in Forbes that Obama was merely parroting what "was once a fringe idea in the Democratic Party, a view held by a small number of activists who had no interest in compromise or conciliation".
A case pitting oil giant Chevron against Nigerian villagers has predictably piqued the interest of activists and corporate counsel around the world, and Monday's arguments were the latest installments in this closely-watched situation.
SPEECH THEME The virtues of activist government.
