"... Argentineans have overwhelmingly rejected violence and demonstrated a commitment to peaceful solutions."
A student in my Mass Media class at UNH, Kirk will be presenting on alternative media in class soon. The excerpt above comes from Left Turn: Notes from the Global Intifada.
I'm curious about the history of the press's name, when, why and how did they choose intifada?
Not only is the French public up in arms about changes to their system of employment security, immigrants in California are also challenging new restrictions.
The Oglala Sioux in South Dakota have committed to open an abortion clinic on the Pine Ridge Reservation to enable women to have abortions in this state which just passed the most restrictive anti-abortion laws since Roe v. Wade.
The superb activists at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, are organizing this event and have already listed it in wikipedia.
There is a listing of daily events, history, and explanatory material.
Mission Statement: "Tent State University (TSU) is a week-long, outdoor university with open classes, workshops, forums and cultural activities shaped by students, workers and community members. TSU calls for equal access to education and it creates an example of what a university should be: a democratically controlled public space that brings together diverse groups to exchange ideas, art, and culture."
Which side will you be on? Since the successes of the New Deal - when all of the US safety nets were put in place to protect people from abject poverty and unions secured benefits for workers - management, owners, and stockholders have worked to dismantle the laws that structure these mechanisms which enable the vaunted individual "pursuit of happiness".
The assault on worker's rights has gathered momentum since the 1980s. When will the tide turn? Now, according to the NY Times, labor leaders are being equated to some of the worst political characters in history through the commercial battleground of advertising.
Dr. Wafa Sultan is an inspiration. I hope she is right about having "walked the first and hardest 10 miles."
