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More Than 2,000 Sign Statement of No Confidence in Cooper Union President and Board Chair
Cooper Union Sit-In Grows to More than 100; Student Bloc Solidarity Statement
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A Message from students and other members of the educational community:
Guerrillas in the Boardroom Shareholder activists are getting smarter—and could soon claim their biggest scalp
US Military Grants Itself the Power to Police American Streets and "Quell" "Civil Disturbances"
‘Yuck: A 4th Grader’s Short Documentary About School Lunch’
By Valerie Strauss, Published: May 10, 2013
Originally published in the Washington Post
A New York City elementary school student who couldn’t stand the way his school lunch tasted made a secret documentary that is now winning audiences and awards at film festivals.
Students and Workers Getting Arrested for Telling Board of Regents Provide a Fair Contract
Weekly Update: Courageous and Inspiring Popular Resistance
Every week we are inspired by the many people throughout the country who are doing excellent work to challenge the power structure and put forward a new path for the country. The popular resistance to plutocracy, concentrated wealth and corporatism is decentralized, creative and growing.
One growing series of protests is the “Moral Monday” demonstrations in North Carolina.They do not have ‘one demand’ but rather are challenging the systemic corruption, undermining of democracy and misdirection of a state government that puts human needs second to corporate profits – which they have dubbed ‘Robin Hood in Reverse.’ This week 49 of 200 protesters inside the capitol were arrested singing, chanting and
#FitchtheHomeless A&F Get a New Look
The Lobster Boat vs. The Coal Freighter as Climate Activists Blockade Power Plant
South Korean People Oppose the Continued “US Nuclear War Games”: Demonstrators Arrested by SK Police
Federal Judge: Only Powered-Off Cell Phones Deserve Privacy Protections
A federal magistrate judge in New York recently ruled that cell phone location data deserves no protection under the Fourth Amendment and that accordingly, the government can engage in real-time location surveillance without a search warrant. In an opinion straight from the Twilight Zone, magistrate judge Gary Brown ruled two weeks ago that “cell phone users who fail to turn off their cell phones do not exhibit an expectation of privacy.”
Sandy Relief
- RT @marcylauren: #RememberWhenBarackObama ok'd funds for #SandyRelief, but the #GOP wouldn't apprvoave it? I do #VoteThemOut!
- Huge turnout for roar to shore. @harleydavidson @prideinmyride1 #harleydavidson #fundraising #sandyrelief http://t.co/uNoumneE87
- RT @marcylauren: #RememberWhenBarackObama ok'd funds for #SandyRelief, but the #GOP wouldn't apprvoave it? I do #VoteThemOut!
- RT @marcylauren: #RememberWhenBarackObama ok'd funds for #SandyRelief, but the #GOP wouldn't apprvoave it? I do #VoteThemOut!
- RT @marcylauren: #RememberWhenBarackObama ok'd funds for #SandyRelief, but the #GOP wouldn't apprvoave it? I do #VoteThemOut!
