Saturday May 25, 2013
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Student Movement

SDS Southern Tour builds student movement, march on RNC
Cecelia O’ Brien | Athens, GA | 8/22/12
The Eastern contingent of Students for a Democratic Society’s Southern Tour visited the University of Georgia-Athens on August 21.
RNC 2012, Students for a Democratic Society, Students for a Democratic Society Southern Tour
SDS kicks off eastern half of its Southern Tour
Staff | Athens, GA | 8/21/12
Student organizers from Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), in anticipation of one of the largest demonstrations Florida will see in years, are eager...
2012 Republican National Convention, RNC 2012, SDS, Students for a Democratic Society
Students for a Democratic Society build for RNC mobilization by touring Southern campuses
Staff | Tampa, FL | 8/11/12
Starting on August 18, members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) will kick off a major, week-long effort to build for the August 27 protest at...
Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War, RNC 2012, Students for a Democratic Society
Chicago Teachers Union to take strike authorization vote
Staff | Chicago, IL | 6/06/12
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) announced June 1 that union members will take a strike authorization vote starting on June 6.
Chicago Teachers Union, Education Rights, Rahm Emanuel, teachers strike
4000 members, supporters of Chicago Teachers Union protest
Sarah Ji | Chicago, IL | 5/31/12
On May 23, 4000 Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members gathered for a historic rally inside the Auditorium Theater.
Chicago Teachers Union, Education Rights, Rahm Emanuel
Students demand end to Sallie Mae predatory practices
Skye Schmelzer | Newark, Delaware | 5/29/12
On May 24, over 150 angry students and community organizers gathered outside of Sallie Mae’s annual shareholder meeting to show support for a small...
Dream Defenders, Sallie Mae, SLAP
Utah cosmetology students fight attack on program
Alyssa Ferris | Salt Lake City, UT | 5/24/12
Students, professors and the local community protested a move to close the cosmetology program at the Taylorsville campus of Salt Lake Community College...
Capitalism, cosmetology program, education
More than half of young college graduates are unemployed or underemployed
Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 4/28/12
A new report by the Associated Press confirms what many people already knew: the job market for young college graduates just plain sucks.
Budget Cuts, Capitalism, Defend Education, Marxism, Masao Suzuki, Tuition Hike
Milwaukee rallies for Trayvon Martin, demands justice for victims of Milwaukee Police Department
Jacob Flom | Milwaukee, WI | 3/29/12
Students and community members rallied at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, March 29, to demand justice for Trayvon Martin.
Milwaukee Police Department, Police Brutality, Trayvon Martin
Gainesville Florida SDS Marches for Trayvon Martin
Fernando Figueroa | Gainesville, FL | 3/27/12
Over 200 students, community activists and supporters rallied and marched from the University of Florida campus to the downtown FBI office on March 26,...
Gainesville SDS, Kofi Adu-Brempong, Trayvon Martin