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Student loses Supreme Court Ruling over "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" A high school student who was suspended for unfurling a banner saying "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" did not have his rights violated, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in its first major decision on student free-speech rights in nearly 20 years....
Posted: Mon, Jun 25, 2007 8:22am PDT
No Way Out: Lack of Education Traps China's Rural Youth Monday, June 25, 2007 :China's booming economy has spurred a massive village-to-city migration for its youth seeking a better life, but those without a college education find themselves forced to return home to the village....
Posted: Mon, Jun 25, 2007 6:45am PDT
Sri Lankan unions betray university workers' struggle Sunday, June 24, 2007 :The Sri Lankan trade unions have carried out another miserable betrayal. On June 8, just days before a proposed indefinite island-wide strike, the Inter University Trade Union Joint Committee (IUTUJC) called off all industrial action in defence of employees at the University of Colombo who had been disciplined over protest actions....
Posted: Sun, Jun 24, 2007 9:30pm PDT
Report reveals UK youth abandoned by education system Sunday, June 24, 2007 :The Bow Group, a Conservative Party think tank, published a report on May 25 entitled Invisible Children . Using the government’s own statistics, albeit selectively, it paints a devastating picture of a whole generation of young people being abandoned by the current educational system....
Posted: Sun, Jun 24, 2007 9:30pm PDT
Free Skool Santa Cruz Summer Calendar now available 
Ok friends! The Free Skool Summer 2007 calendar is out! It is not yet on the website, but you can get a copy at the usual spots around town: Cafe Perg, the downtown library, bookshop santa cruz, the bagelry, kresge co-op, the sacred grove and the bike church!
There are 50 exciting classes, from ninja skills to internet cloak and dagger to animal tracking....
Posted: Sun, Jun 24, 2007 1:27pm PDT
FBI targets universities in new scheme to recruit informers Saturday, June 23, 2007 :The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently paid visits to a number of universities in New England as part of an effort to enlist faculty, students and staff in informing for the national police agency. The bureau’s rationale for its campus initiative is the danger posed by foreign spies and terrorists stealing sensitive research....
Posted: Sat, Jun 23, 2007 8:33am PDT
Hate Charges Dropped In High School Anti-Gay Flier Case Thursday, June 21, 2007 :(Woodstock, Illinois) Under a plea agreement with prosecutors hate crime charges have been dropped against a 16 year old girl in return for guilty pleas of disorderly conduct and resisting a peace officer....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:27pm PDT
U.S. Food and Farm Policy ~ Black Farmers Congressional Hearing 
The power of internet technology allowed me to view a Congressional Judiciary Hearing via Webcast, here is the Chairman's opening statement. This historic occasion, once again documented the systemic institutional racism that remains a central feature of our U.S. Food and Farm Policy. Many leading Democratic and Republican Ag leaders continue to show a complete indifference toward U.S. citizens obtaining the proper nutrition via safe natural food. The principles of equality and fairness cont...
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 3:21pm PDT
Natsu Saito: The Regents and Ward Churchill: Now is the Time to Speak Out Thursday, June 21, 2007 :I n the next few weeks, the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) will vote on the dismissal of Professor Ward Churchill. This is the final opportunity for public input in this process....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:45am PDT
British university teachers' union votes for boycott of Israeli academics Thursday, June 21, 2007 :Delegates at the first conference of the newly formed University and College Union (UCU) of Britain voted May 30 to recommend a boycott of Israeli universities and academics. In a 158 to 99 vote, the delegates passed a motion condemning the “complicity of Israeli academia” in the 40-year occupation of Palestinian land and backing a call by Palestinian unions for a “comprehensive and consistent international boycott of all Israeli institutions.”...
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:39am PDT
African New Year's Day 
African New Year's Day celebrates an ancient African recognition of patterns of universal order. As the United States of Africa becomes a reality to provide better standard of living for people of African ancestry globally. We must be clear on some of the foundational structural challeges facing a smooth transition toward a bright new day....
Posted: Wed, Jun 20, 2007 10:09am PDT
Connecticut High School Bans Student Play on Iraq War Administrators at Connecticut’s Wilton High School have banned students from performing "Voices in Conflict", a play about the Iraq war, calling it "sensational and inappropriate." We speak with the play’s director, as well as two students involved in the production. We’re also joined by Iraq war veteran Charlie Anderson, whose story is depicted in the play....
Posted: Wed, Jun 20, 2007 8:05am PDT
Rally Brings Much Needed Attention to Youth’s Employment Needs Wednesday, June 20, 2007 :On June 19th, youth, teachers, parents, and other community members convened at City Hall, demanding a comprehensive effort between the City and the school district to address young people’s economic needs. The rally was organized by Youth Making a Change (Y-MAC), a component of Colman Advocates for Children and cosponsored by the San Francisco Youth Commission and Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi....
Posted: Wed, Jun 20, 2007 7:14am PDT
Dear Arnold: Immigrants Do Want to Learn English Tuesday, June 19, 2007 :New America Media, Commentary, Domenico Maseri Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently challenged Hispanic America to turn off its Spanish television set as a way to learn English. NAM commentator Domenico Maceri says that immigrants do want to learn, but learning takes time and resources....
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2007 9:42am PDT
Ken Garcia Wrong About School Board, Superintendent Tuesday, June 19, 2007 :In his June 16th column for the Examiner, Ken Garcia voiced concern that incoming Superintendent Carlos Garcia will have to deal with a “prickly” School Board. Clearly, he’s not paying attention to recent developments....
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2007 9:04am PDT
Section 22 of the SNTE and the APPO establish planton in Oaxaca's Zocalo Oaxaca, Oax. The encampment is made up of around 2000 administrative workers of the SNTE and members of the APPO who set up a barricade today (Monday) in the Zocalo and Alameda of this city to demand the release of prisoners, the removal of the orders of apprehension and the exit of the Oaxacan governor, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz......
Posted: Mon, Jun 18, 2007 11:22pm PDT
An attack on academic freedom Critic of Zionism denied tenure at US university Monday, June 18, 2007 :Earlier this month, DePaul University denied tenure to Norman Finkelstein, a professor of political science who has written numerous works criticizing the policies of Israel and the misuse of the charge of anti-Semitism against opponents of Zionism. The denial of Finkelstein’s tenure, and with it the termination of his position at DePaul, is a clear attack on academic freedom and the victimization of a professor because of his political views....
Posted: Mon, Jun 18, 2007 7:01am PDT
Reason Thinks; Religion Dreams Man is kind enough when is is not excited about religion. Mark Twain...
Posted: Sun, Jun 17, 2007 11:53am PDT
The Organization of Nations is the organization of World War Shaw quote....
Posted: Sun, Jun 17, 2007 11:41am PDT
Educaation: Scheme invented to prevent the young from learning too quickly. Abolish education...
Posted: Sat, Jun 16, 2007 11:39am PDT
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