BY Chris Getowicz | Milwaukee, WI | 11/16/11
Students gathered over the weekend of Nov. 12 for the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) 6th annual National Convention at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
BY Fernando Figueroa | Gainesville, FL | 10/31/11
Students at the University of Florida (UF) got a real taste of fear this past week when members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) hosted the “Tuition Hikes House of Horrors.”
BY Fernando Figueroa | Gainesville, FL | 10/10/11
The ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests finally reached here on Oct. 5. Working people and students from across Gainesville converged on the downtown farmers market to hold the first Occupy Gainesville assembly.
BY Fernando Figueroa | Gainesville, FL | 9/22/11
80 members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and their allies participated in a march here, Sept. 16, against annual tuition hikes planned by administrators at the University of Florida (UF). Administrators say they will raise tuition by 15% or more each year through 2019.
BY staff | United States | 7/15/11
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call to action from Students for a Democratic Society regarding the Students and Youth March to Save Our Schools! July 28-31, Washington D.C.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 3/27/11
Over 40 people joined an emergency protest here March 25 to show opposition to the U.S.-led bombing of Libya. This was the second protest in Minneapolis to speak out against the new U.S. war.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 3/13/11
More than 50 people came together here March 8 to celebrate International Women’s Day. The event was sponsored by Freedom Road Socialist Organization and featured women who are in the forefront of the fight against repression and reaction.
BY staff | Milwaukee, WI | 3/02/11
Over fifty students and youth are currently occupying the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (UWM) and the numbers of occupiers are still growing. Milwaukee students are occupying UWM in solidarity with the global resistance to capitalism that is spreading the globe from Egypt to Madison.
BY Mike Gold | Milwaukee, WI | 2/17/11
3000 students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) walked out of classes at noon, Feb. 17 to protest Governor Scott Walker’s proposed union busting bill, which would effectively ban public sector unions from being able to collectively bargain. Students at colleges and high schools across the state organized walkouts and many school districts were shut down by teacher absences.
BY staff | United States | 2/17/11
Students for a Democratic Society stands in solidarity with the workers and students of Wisconsin who are taking a stand against Republican Governor Scott Walker’s attack on the right of public workers to bargain collectively. SDS is calling on all students and youth in Wisconsin to protest and walk out, and for solidarity from students all over the country. Like Californian protests last year, Wisconsin is standing up and fighting back!
