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textControversy Brews at New School Over Pick of McCain as Graduation Speaker by Democracy Now (repost)
Students and faculty at the New School in New York City have objected to the pick of Arizona Republican Senator John McCain as commencement speaker for this year's graduation. We speak with one of the students speaking out....
Posted: Thu, May 11, 2006 8:49am PDT
textPrinceton: Two-Thirds of Ivy League Adopt Gender Protections by Gender PAC
According to GenderPAC's GENIUS Index, almost two-thirds of the nation's most elite institutions of higher education have added "gender identity" and "gender expression" to their non-discrimination policies within the past four years....
Posted: Wed, May 10, 2006 11:35pm PDT
texthelp the food bank by Linda Herra
School children are setting up gardens to feed the poor and to give fresh produce to food banks. Volunteers needed from around the country....
Posted: Mon, May 8, 2006 11:09am PDT
textCA Safe Schools Co-Hosts Advocacy Workshop for Special Needs Children by California Safe Schools
Protecting the Most Vulnerable!...
Posted: Mon, May 8, 2006 8:52am PDT
textArnold Picketed in Santa Barbara by IMC Education & AntiCensorship Watchdog
The Terminator showed up for an unannounced visit at the Davidson Library at UCSB today....
Posted: Sun, May 7, 2006 6:35pm PDT
textUniversity of Central Florida violates students' civil rights!!! by John Stegeman
At UCF, a PhD student was subject to the harrassment and stalking of the Assistant Director of Graduate Studies in 2004. When the student petitioned the court, the student was arrested by UCF police for exercising his civil right to do so. The student was then subjected to a hearing by the Office of Student Conduct, which violated his civil right to face his accuser. After a hard fought battle, the student gained the right to another hearing, where his rights were again violated. This con...
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2006 10:52pm PDT
textAdvocacy Workshop for Special Needs Children by Learning Disabilities Assoc. of Orange County
Recognizing the need for further parent training and education, parents and community groups, including Learning Disabilities Association of Orange County and California Safe Schools, are organizing the free Parent Workshop at the Goldy S. Lewis Community Center in the city of Rancho Cucamonga....
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2006 9:02pm PDT
textWhy Leftists Mistrust Liberals by Counterpunch (reposted)
Some of my best friends are liberals. Really. But I have found it is best not to rely on them politically....
Posted: Fri, Apr 28, 2006 6:18am PDT
textVirginia students sit in, 17 arrested in solidarity with campus workers for living wage by pww (reposted)
Seventeen University of Virginia students were arrested on the Charlottesville campus April 15 because they staged a four-day sit-in at the university president’s office. The students demanded the administration accept its “moral responsibility” and commit to paying a living wage to university workers....
Posted: Fri, Apr 21, 2006 6:53am PDT
textGreece: Anarchists/Leftists clash with fascists at Panteion University by @
Greece: Anarchists/Leftists clash with fascists at Panteion University...
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 10:55pm PDT
textVillaraigosa Offers Plan for LAUSD Control by New America Media (reposted)
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa finally provided details to his plan to take over the Los Angeles Unified School District Tuesday during his first State of the City address....
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 7:49pm PDT
textNew York City: random searches for public school students by wsws (reposted)
In a further erosion of democratic rights in New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that after April 24, School Safety Agents and police officers will perform random searches with metal detectors of students attending the city’s middle and high schools. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the searches might affect as many as 10 schools a day, noting that the Police Department already had the necessary material and personnel. The president of the United Federation of Teachers, Ran...
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 6:32am PDT
textBlack is White; White is Black: Bush and Freedom of Speech by Counterpunch (reposted)
I suspect Andrew Jones and George W. Bush have never consulted one another on their plans. But I do know that they need each other. A founding member of the Bruin Alumni Association, Jones wants to pay students to monitor the speech of professors in order to uncover any ideologically inappropriate and/or seditious speech. Jones and I are also connected because we are both UCLA grads. But while I embraced disparate ideas at UCLA, Jones feared them....
Posted: Thu, Apr 13, 2006 9:08am PDT
textSweat Free UC by Local Impact
Sweat Free UC: Send a Message to UC President through Local Impact's Website...
Posted: Wed, Apr 12, 2006 7:35pm PDT
textDallas High School Student Describes Organizing Mass Walkout by Democracy Now (repost)
We speak with Gustavo Jimenez, a junior at Duncanville High School who helped lead a student walk-out in Dallas last month that saw thousands of students leave classes to protest proposed anti-immigrant legislation....
Posted: Tue, Apr 11, 2006 9:33am PDT
textaudio tape link: Ward Churchill/David Horowitz debate by 'righttalk'
Ward Churchill asked to debate David Horowitz, who wrote a book which called him a horrible professor who indoctrinates students. Horowitz is also leading a campaign calling for government managed affirmative action to ensure equal balance between liberal and conservative professors in academia. They held a first debate on April 6, 2006...
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 7:05am PDT
text‘Our children are not for sale’: Baltimore labor slams ‘midnight attack’ on public schools by pww (reposted)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — “They want to turn our schools over to corporate America to operate at a profit. But our children are not for sale!” So said an angry Marietta English, president of the Baltimore Teachers Union....
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 6:52am PDT
textDuke University Rape Case Raises Issues of Race and Class in Durham by Democracy Now (repost)
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
textThousands of Students Defy Lockdowns and Continue Walkouts to Protest Anti-Immigrant Bill by Democray Now (reposted)
Tens of thousands of high school students have staged walkouts in protest over a House bill that proposes a sweeping crackdown on undocumented immigrants. We go to Los Angeles to speak with Jasmine Chavez, a 17-year old student at Montabello High School and Luis Rodriguez, a community activist, poet and writer....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 7:23am PST
textFrance: University and high school students continue anti-government protests by wsws (reposted)
French university and high school students have continued to demonstrate against the Gaullist government’s “First Job Contract” (CPE) legislation, which allows young workers to be sacked without justification during their first two years of employment. The ongoing protests have further exacerbated the crisis facing Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin’s government, which has refused to rescind the CPE....
Posted: Wed, Mar 22, 2006 10:30pm PST
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