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Cafe Intifada Commentary:
This article is part of a new thread on this blog: Something about intifada- What’s in a name?  It is an examination of the contextual aspect of language, the war against language in the context of imperialism, colonialism and oppression, and the demonization of a language, a culture and a people.
Intifada simply [...]

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For the last three years I have been documenting a series of events within United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), around disability rights, Palestinian rights, union democracy and blacklisting, which started as a strange power play within the Human Rights Committee apparently around disability rights, but in my estimation, may have merely been the utilization of [...]

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-professor30-2009apr30,0,7753995.story
From the Los Angeles Times
Professor’s comparison of Israelis to Nazis stirs furor
The UC Santa Barbara sociologist, who is Jewish, sent images from the Holocaust and from Israel’s Gaza offensive to students in his class. He has drawn denunciation and support.
By Duke Helfand
April 30, 2009
Controversy has erupted at UC Santa Barbara over a professor’s decision to [...]

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Please forward this to ALL Students and Teachers, Youth Organizers

Student and Youth meeting! STOP the ICE RAIDS!!  

Wednesday April 29, 2009 4:00PM

Centro Cultural Francisco Villa
2100 Maple Ave. LA, CA 90011
(corner of 21st and Maple in front of Santee Education Complex)

Students from the Southern California Immigration Coalition are calling for a STUDENT/YOUTH ORGANIZING MEETING for the May [...]

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Clark drops Holocaust scholar
Schedule conflict, controversy cited
By Matt ByrneGlobe Correspondent / April 10, 2009
Clark University canceled a campus talk scheduled for later this month by controversial Holocaust scholar Norman Finkelstein, saying his presence “would invite controversy and not dialogue or understanding,” and would conflict with a similar event scheduled around the same time. The Clark University Students [...]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Hakrq3nT0

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F O R  I MM E D I A T E  RE L E A S E
Teachers Strike for Students Rights!

from Santee Education Complex High School will stage a one (1) hour morning
strike during the normal school day to fight against teacher layoffs that will
disproportionately affect socio-economically disadvantaged students
and thus violating their civil rights. Santee teachers have [...]

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Calling for Submissions! URBAN REZ issue! Hey SNAG Fans…. WE’RE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR OUR NEXT ISSUE!
We’re seeking writing & photos related to modern Native culture, youth culture, movements/organizing going on that youth have thoughts on…
OUR THEME AS DECIDED BY OUR YOUTH STAFF is “URBAN REZ.”
Whatever that means to you – send [...]

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Our Youth and the Military
Recruitment, ROTC, and Real Alternatives
Maricela Guzman
American Friends Service Committee
Maricela served in the US Navy from 1998-2002. She began speaking out against cuts to the Veterans Administration budget after leaving the military. She co-founded Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN), which supports benefits for veterans, advocates for women’s rights in the military [...]

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What follows is my post to the dopex activist list, after one member of the list made a series of unsubstantiated personal attacks against women on the list, myself in particular.  It’s a pattern I’ve seen often; men, fight man to man, but resort to personal attacks when confronted with debating a woman.  The flaming [...]

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