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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
Lawsuit Filed by Principal Fired From Arabic School Is Dismissed
Posted in Education, Human Rights, Palestine, Something about intifada- What's in a name?, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anatomy of a Blacklisting: A Thread in Two Blogs
Posted in ADL, Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Building Community, Calling out neo-liberalism, Calling out the liberal left!, Cross Referencing Emmalandia, Disability Rights, Dissident Jewish Voices, Don White, Education, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, In Bed With Frida Kahlo, Israeli Apartheid, Palestine, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Stand With Us, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on June 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
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 [...]
UCSB: Professor’s comparison of Israelis to Nazis stirs furor
Posted in ADL, Dissident Jewish Voices, Education, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Israeli Offense Forces, Palestine, Simon Wiesenthal Center, This is what genocide looks like, U.S. empire, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Student and Youth meeting! STOP the ICE RAIDS!!
Posted in Education, Full Inclusion, Human Rights, Immigrant Rights, Indigenous Rights, Latin America, The Americas, The war against the children, U.S. empire on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Clark University Cancels Talk by Professor Norman Finkelstein
Posted in Dissident Jewish Voices, Education, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Palestine, Shoah, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Santee Education Complex: LAUSD: ONE HOUR WILD CAT STRIKE!
Posted in Building Community, Education, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Privatization, The war against the children, UTLA on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Hakrq3nT0
Wildcat Strike: Teachers Strike for Student Rights
Posted in Education, Full Inclusion, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, The war against the children, UTLA on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Calling for Submissions! URBAN REZ issue!
Posted in Art and Activism, Building Community, Education, Full Inclusion, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
CTA Peace and Justice Caucus Forum
Posted in Education, Human Rights, Military Recruitment, Peace and Justice Caucus, The war against the children, U.S. empire on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Flaming Women: Personal Attacks on Listserves and the Penis Proletariat
Posted in Art and Activism, Education, Full Inclusion, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Now who's the terrorist?, Palestine, U.S. empire, Women's Lives on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
