November 30, 2009
Posted by yaman
Both the kind of compromise forwarded by the court and the general prohibition on movement the state is seeking would be highly injurious for Palestinians and Israelis alike. If Azzam is denied permission to return to the West Bank, her education will be severed two months short of completing a degr…
Source: www.yaledailynews.com
Marked by brutality and fear, boycotted by half the political parties and overseen by a military junta backed by global business elites, Kissinger’s dream of the perfect Latin American democracy may finally be realized!
Source: www.borev.net
November 25, 2009
Posted by yaman
Artificial rivalries between offensively similar elite centers of privilege are noxious enough in their own right, but when they foster elitism and prejudice, they become dangerous.
In last Friday’s edition of YDN, Bijan Aboutorabi argues that, in withdrawing a t-shirt design calling the rival-but-mirror-image team “sissies,” a university committee tasked with facilitating this crass competition produced [...]
Following the occupation of Wheeler Hall on Friday November 20, former Student Action Senator Tara Raffi penned a regrettable op-ed decrying the protest and its participants. I know Raffi, who has always been kind and respectful towards me, but her demeanor cannot save her claims from criticism or scrutiny.
Unfortunately Raffi’s column appears to misapprehend crucial [...]
November 24, 2009
Posted by yaman
The United States is massively building up its potential for nuclear and non-nuclear strikes in Latin America and the Caribbean by acquiring unprecedented freedom of action in seven new military, naval and air bases in Colombia. The fact that the US gets half its oil from Latin America was one of th…
Why are so-called “US [...]
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Of course, in a sense it had been a victory of sorts, but not in the sense that it was presented to the crowd. It was no coincidence that all interruptions from the crowd, from those who wondered aloud, “What about the demands? What about the layoffs? What about the fees?” were quickly and summarily…
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The arriving freshman is treated as a mortgage, and the fees are climbing. She is a future revenue stream, and the bills are growing. She is security for a debt she never chose, and the cost is staggering. Her works and days are already promised away to raise up buildings that may contribute nothing…
Source: uncivpro.com
November 22, 2009
Posted by yaman
COMMUNITY CONTROL: the establishment of an independent commission, to be composed of students and faculty nominated by members of the ASUC Senate, the Graduate Assembly, and the Academic Senate, to review the incident and recommend changes to: – UCPD training procedures – UCPD policy for initial con…
In 2006, Mostafa Tabatabainajad, a student in a library [...]
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The beauty of activism is that it makes the impossible possible. The project of society and the state is to make people believe the absurd, to believe in limits and broken logics, to believe that there are only a few possibilities to choose from. Activism opens up the set of possibilities. It gives …
And the [...]
What we observed, and what is well-documented, was the police indiscriminately striking, shoving, and knocking over unarmed and non-aggressive students who were fully within their constitutionally guaranteed rights.
Source: ucbgeograds.tumblr.com
It’s time to rein in the way police and safety officers in New York public schools mistreat students.
Police the police.
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Produced by HuffPost’s Eyes & Ears Citizen Journalism Unit On March 4th, 2010, demonstrators in California and across the country took to the streets to protest massive cuts at all levels of education and government imposed austerity measures.
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
(Discussion)Frederick Douglas tells us that power concedes nothing without a demand: Street rebellions force the establishment to yield to the demands of the movement or be faced with an ungovernable, rebellious populace. In short, stopping highway traffic in protest of the dismantling of public education was a…
Source: occupyca.wordpress.com
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We would not be where we are today as a country if people who were politically marginalized had not stood up for their rights. As a student and human rights activist, I expect that our universities will allow space for all points of view, including my nonviolent and heartfelt protestations against O…
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On Sunday, February 28th the New York Times published an outrageous oped by Efraim Karsh full of lies, distortions and mistakes. Karsh claims that Muslims view themselves as part of the House of Islam and the rest of the world as part of the House of War. I have worked in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Soma…
Nir Rosen destroys many of the myths that are common to American approaches to Iraq, Muslims, and the Middle East in general.
(Discussion)Fear tactics? Not the best fundraising strategy. First, your plan divides Republican donors into two main categories: small donors who are “visceral,” “reactionary” and motivated by “fear,” and large donors who are “calculated,” “ego-driven” and motivated by “access.”
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
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Charles Washington with his wife Tracey, holding her 5-year-old son, speaks on behalf of his family at the Asian Law Caucus office in San Francisco.
Gavin Newsom wrecking homes and families in San Francisco.
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A noose hung to intimidate African-American students is the latest racist incident to spur activism at UC San Diego ahead of the March 4 Day of Action.
Especially noteworthy is the section about the Black Student Union denouncing the administration-led “leadership bodies” as “a tactic to divide student leaders from the student movement.” All student ‘government’ is a tactic to divide student leaders from students.
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The scandal is that many students at UCSD consider black people and communities as a product of their imaginations and consumer habits: an entertainment commodity we pay to watch on MTV, or hear on the radio. A stereotype we have the “right” to enjoy and take pleasure in, because we have paid good m…
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Representatives of UCSD’s Black Student Union direct students to walk out of the campus teach in on Wednesday.
Students at UCSD protest administration inaction by walking out of a chancellor-sponsored teach-in after excoriating the institution.
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