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Miami-Dade Schools ban book about Cuba 
Miami-Dade County School District is banning a travel book which describes Cuba in non-negative way. Check out the BS statement from Joseph Garcia - this is not, apparently, censorship! Maybe they're going to burn the books as well ......
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 9:53pm PDT
280 High School Students attend Student Initiated Outreach Programs (4/7) PRESS ADVISORY...
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 9:24pm PDT
School Beat: A Contract for Teachers The 2006-2007 school year will no doubt go down in local history as one of the most exhausting, tumultuous years in the existence of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). From the near-strike with school support staff (SEIU 790), to a second round of school closures, to the departure of former Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, to the expiration of the Consent Decree and the resultant obligation to create a new assignment system, we have been living in a public education maelstrom. ...
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 5:03pm PDT
The Man Made Plagues In 1992 I walked into the University of North Dakota Library to do some research of Congressional documents. I remember quite well the bitter cold of -40 below 0 and wind chills that would freeze you to the bone with some speed. However this cold is a warm summer day at the beach, in comparison to the documents I found....
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 1:46pm PDT
Immigration Officers Arrest School Children In Firebaugh, two unmarked ICE vans pulled up alongside a school bus on Friday morning around 6:30, said Brian Walker, superintendent of the Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified School District. One van drove in front of the bus, forcing the driver to stop. Agents approached the bus, but the driver, following protocol, refused to open the door....
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 1:43pm PDT
Submissions for an Anthology on the 1960s Calling all young activists to publish your thoughts on the 1960s!!!...
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 11:49pm PDT
Protesting Yoo In Berkeley A small but committed group in Berkeley targets the notorious law professor who gave Bush the justification to torture detainees...
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 7:34pm PDT
Student Debt, Agressive Collectors Collection Agencies are getting aggressive and ruining opportunities, health and viability for many. Who are they? How do they get their government contracts?...
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 6:35pm PDT
Duke University Rape Case Raises Issues of Race and Class in Durham We look at the latest in the Duke University rape case. A black female student from North Carolina Central University says she was beaten, raped and choked by three white members of Duke's Lacrosse team last month. The case is stirring racial and class tensions in North Carolina....
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 5:20pm PDT
Silence in class: US University professors denounced for anti-Americanism University professors denounced for anti-Americanism; schoolteachers suspended for their politics; students encouraged to report on their tutors. Are US campuses in the grip of a witch-hunt of progressives, or is academic life just too liberal? By Gary Younge...
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 8:37pm PDT
CELEBRATING SEVEN YEARS OF PESTICIDE POLICY REFORM Los Angeles Unified Shares Secret of Success...
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 6:54pm PDT
BROWN BERETS PRESENT YOUTH & POWER 2006: w/ IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE 
Revolutionary hip-hop and activism!...
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 5:40pm PDT
GAP attacks California kids with big $$ to fight pre-school for all 
GAP attacks California kids with big $$ to fight pre-school for all. 30 second video...
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 10:42am PDT
Our Oil and Other Tales: Nuestro Petroleo-Review Trying to Understand what is wrong with Anrchists - Our Oil - So Sad aWaste of Money and Skills- The policies implemented under the Chavez administration have been inclusive by promoting the rights of the marginalized Indigenous and African communities, something that has never been done before in Venezuela. One of the most amazing new social policies is the literacy campaign. Brought to fruition through the collaboration of thousands of Venezuelans, illiteracy has been eradicated in less tha...
Posted: Sat, Apr 1, 2006 1:34pm PST
US to test 700-tonne explosive over Las Vegas US to test 700-tonne explosive over Las Vegas...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 8:21pm PST
Watsonville High School Students Speak About Walkouts (audio/mpeg 1.8MB) On Thursday, March 30th, I spoke with Watsonville High School students about the walkouts which took place on Monday, March 27th and Tuesday, March 28th. Students share their reasons for walking out, why they do not support attempts to create anti-immigrant laws as well as the actions of fellow students, teachers, administrators and police.
Many of the students discuss instances of police brutality which they saw and heard about from friends. Police brutality included hitting a student in...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 4:37am PST
Pajaro Valley School District says, "No School Friday" NO SCHOOL TOMORROW (FRIDAY)...
Posted: Thu, Mar 30, 2006 11:34pm PST
Middle School Students in Oakland Walkout This morning dozens of middle school students in east Oakland organized a walkout to protest H.R. 4437...
Posted: Thu, Mar 30, 2006 5:55pm PST
Renewable Energy Workshops Introduction to Renewable Energy: Solar, wind, and hydro-electricity, solar hot water and cooking, energy efficiency.
Classroom sessions & system tours. * April, 2006...
Posted: Thu, Mar 30, 2006 9:32am PST
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