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University of Minnesota Workers and Students Rally to Demand Administration Chop from the Top
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 1/23/10
More than 75 workers, students and community supporters rallied at Morrill Hall, the central administration building here, Jan. 21, to oppose attempts by President Bruininks and senior administrators to balance the budget on the backs of staff and students.
AFSCME Local 3800, Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout, Students for a Democratic Society
Protest Opposes State, University Cutbacks
BY Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 1/22/10
Over 200 workers, faculty and students at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) marched here, Jan. 21, to demand full funding for higher education and an end to threatened furloughs and layoffs.
Graduate Employees Organization, SEIU, UIC Concerned Faculty
FRSO Students: Study and Struggle
BY Staff | United States | 1/16/10
The Student Commission of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) met over the 2009 winter break to discuss education rights, building a movement against war and occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq, fighting racism on campus and supporting immigrant rights.
Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Students say “U.S. out of Afghanistan”
BY Daniel Ginsberg | Chicago, IL | 12/23/09
Students from around the country protested the U.S. government’s plan for a 30,000 troop surge into Afghanistan in early December.
Students for a Democratic Society
UNC-Asheville Students for a Democratic Society Protest Afghanistan Surge
BY Michael Graham | Asheville, NC | 12/13/09
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a demonstration at the Federal Building here, Dec. 4, to protest the escalation of the Afghanistan War and to demand an immediate end to the occupation.
Students for a Democratic Society, UNC Asheville
California Budget Woes Slam Public Colleges and Universities
BY Masao Suzuki | San Bruno, CA | 12/06/09
On Nov. 18, the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) announced that the state was facing budget deficits of $20 billion each year for five more years.
Budget Cuts, University of California
War Criminals Not Welcome at UW-Milwaukee
BY Daniel Ginsberg | Milwaukee, WI | 12/04/09
Lining the entryway with banners and loud chants Dec. 3, 100 angry people arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) to demand Karl Rove, former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to the Bush administration, return the $25,000 speaker honorarium allocated to him by the university to speak.
George W. Bush, Karl Rove, War Criminal
Students to protest escalation of war on Afghanistan
BY Staff | United States | 11/30/09
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call for students to join the protests in response to the escalation of the war in Afghanistan.
SDS, Students for a Democratic Society
Student Struggles Continue Across California
BY Eric Gardner | California | 11/21/09
Student protests continued across California, Nov. 20, in the wake of the heavily-protested decision of the University of California (UC) regents to raise undergraduate tuition by a staggering 32%.
Students for a Democratic Society, UC Regents, UCLA
Outrage and Occupation at UCLA as UC Regents Pass 32% Fee Hike
BY Eric Gardner | Los Angeles, CA | 11/20/09
Students from all over the state of California gathered at the University of California regents meeting on UCLA campus Nov.19. They were there to protest proposed fee hikes.
AFSCME, Students for a Democratic Society, UC Regents, UCLA
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