Wednesday December 4, 2013
| Last update: Wednesday at 9:45 AM

Student Movement

MCTC Professor Shannon Gibney disciplined for teaching about structural racism
staff | Minneapolis, MN | 12/01/13
In early November, Shannon Gibney, an English Professor at Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC), was given an official letter of reprimand...
MCTC, Shannon Gibney
Gainesville Stands with Rasmea Odeh
staff | Gainesville, FL | 11/16/13
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at the University of Florida held a sign holding on Wednesday, November 13, to demand that the U.S. government...
Homeland Security, Palestine Solidarity, political repression, Rasmea Odeh, Students for a Democratic Society
Florida Students Advance Tuition Equity Campaign
Michela Martinazzi | Gainesville, FL | 11/16/13
Students at the University of Florida successfully advanced their campaign of tuition equity for undocumented students.
Capitalism, Public Schools, Students for a Democratic Society, Tuition Equity, University of Florida
South Florida students support in-state tuition for undocumented students
Gage Lacharite | Tampa, FL | 11/14/13
The Student Government Senate at the University of South Florida (USF) passed a resolution supporting in-state tuition for undocumented immigrant students...
Tampa SDS, undocumented immigrants, University of South Florida
CCNY administration seizes Morales/Shakur Center, students fight back
staff | New York, NY | 10/20/13
On Oct. 20, the City College of New York (CCNY) administration shut down the Guillermo Morales/Assata Shakur Student and Community Center in the North...
Assata Shakur, City College of New York (CCNY), Morales-Shakur Center
University of Florida SDS demands tuition equity
staff | Gainesville, FL | 10/20/13
On Oct. 17, student activists at the University of Florida (UF) officially launched their tuition equity campaign by having a demonstration at Tigert Hall...
NEW SDS, SDS, Students for a Democratic Society, Tuition Equity, UF SDS, UFSDS, University of Florida
SDS: Study and struggle at 8th National Convention
Stephanie Taylor | Clarksville, TN | 10/17/13
Over 100 student activists from across the country convened here the weekend of Oct. 12-13 to participate in Students for a Democratic Society’s (SDS) 8th...
SDS, SDS Convention, Students for a Democratic Society
Jacksonville demands school named for KKK Grand Wizard be changed
staff | Jacksonville, FL | 10/15/13
The Civil War may have ended in 1865, but people in Jacksonville continue to struggle against the remains of the racist Confederate States of America in...
Anti-Racism, Bedford Forrest High School, Civil Rights movement, Jacksonville, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Racism
Tampa students protest homophobic speaker
Matt Hastings | Tampa, FL | 10/12/13
On Oct. 7, members of Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) protested against Rosaria Butterfield, a self-described former “radical lesbian...
Rosaria Butterfield, SDS, University of South Florida
Students mobilize for 8th annual Students for a Democratic Society National Convention
staff | Clarksville, TN | 10/09/13
In less than one week, progressive students from throughout the country will attend the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) 8th annual National...
Clarksville SDS, Rebel Diaz, Sara Flounders, SDS, SDS Convention, Students for a Democratic Society