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WSU Accreditor visit article from South End 2/13/07


Students offer opinions at accreditation forum

Lindsey Muliolis
Photo Editor
The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools held a forum yesterday in the Towers Residence Hall to obtain feedback from students. Six students attended.
Every 10 years Wayne State is reviewed by a committee to make sure it meets the requirements of an […]

SDS risisng again on college campuses


A new article by the Ann Arbor News about the rebuilding of SDS, with coverage of the newly formed chapter at the University of Michigan.
SDS rising again on college campuses
Monday, February 19, 2007
Where are the students?
Where is the outrage?
Does anybody care?
As concern over the Iraq war grows to a scream among political leaders, most college […]

Schoolcraft SDS Kicks off Counter-Recruitment Campaign!


Students at Schoolcraft College (”Scraft̶ in Livonia demand an end to military recruiter harassment!
Students organized a new chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (”Scraft SDS̶ at Schoolcraft to demand that recruiters be kicked off the college’s campus. Scraft SDS had expected to hold their campaign’s first action today as recruiters were planning […]

SDS Supports Lt. Watada


Northwest SDS outside Ft. Lewis
Ft. Lewis, Washington - February 5th, 2007 20-30 Northwest SDSers joined over 1000 people on the 5th of February outside Ft. Lewis in support of Lt. Ehren Watada. Watada was the first officer to refuse to deploy to Iraq, following in the footsteps of many other rank-and-file war resisters. The protest […]

OPEN LETTER TO UFPJ - Regarding the M17 March on the Pentagon


OPEN LETTER TO UFPJ
[Editor’s Note: this open letter is being circulated on various listservs. I have decided to sign on in the hopes that unity in the anti-war movement is an achievable goal. Panama Vicente Alba, one of the signatories, is an MDS board nominee and a long time freedom fighter and friend of SDS]
Please […]

Zapatourista!


On Thursday at noon Neena Pathak and I gave a workshop / presentation at Brandeis University in Waltham.
The title was “Zapatismo and the Anatomy of Solidarity”

And the stated description was:
Ever wanted to do activism abroad? Fascinated by transnational social movements? Thought about power and privilege and how that plays into folks from the Global North […]

Decades later, SDS returns


This is from the Michigan Daily Univeristy of Michigan’s newspaper. They plan to write a series about SDS after UM SDS’s first meeting Sunday.
Decades later, SDS returns
Where it began, students restart chapter of left-wing group
Paul Blumer, Daily Staff Reporter, 2/13/07
A group of students held the first Students for a Democratic Society meeting at the […]

Athens SDS score victory marked by pinkie swear


The Ohio University campus has been rocked this year by a decidedly anti-democratic, unaccountable administration, pushing unpopular policies wthout any student input whatsoever. Free speech zones on campus attempt to shut out discourse and protest. Arbitrary fees around popular student parties and holidays, the sudden cuts of Athens Varsity Sports teams, and indulgent […]

Athens SDS score victory marked by a pinkie swear.


Athens, OH — February 2nd, 2007. [written by Joshua Russell]

The Ohio University campus has been rocked this year by a decidedly anti-democratic, unaccountable administration, pushing unpopular policies wthout any student input whatsoever. Free speech zones on campus attempt to shut out discourse and protest. Arbitrary fees around popular student parties and […]

Friday Athens SDS scored a major victory marked by a pinkie swear.


(Unfortunately this site won’t let me embed videos, so there will be links to fun youtube videos throughout the article. click on them!).

The Ohio University campus has been rocked this year by a decidedly anti-democratic, unaccountable administration, pushing unpopular policies without any student input whatsoever. “Free Speech Zones” on campus attempt to shut out discourse […]