3.06.08 education policies and systems

How Student Radicals Can Be Relevant: Athens, OH SDS Scores Victories -- Sealed with a Pinkie-Swear

Demonstrators at Indonesian Consulate, NY Photo: www.etan.org

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Reaching beyond the usual suspects.

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How to Mobilize Students to Ally for Safe Schools: The Growth of Gay Straight Alliances

GLSEN members, Philadelphia. Photo: Conrad Ventur

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"You're gay and I'm straight, so let's call it a Gay-Straight Alliance."

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PIECES

Authors: Editor

Summary:Events, Gatherings, Opportunities, Resources, Campaigns

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An Army of None

An Army of None

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I told her about chanting "Kill the people, burn the village," and how that chant still runs through my veins to this day.

Counter-recruitment organizing is the most practical way to tangibly resist United States policy that, while cutting funding for education, employment, and social programs, promotes war and empire. It exposes the relationship between, and acts to correct, both local and global injustices.

From Issue 377 - July-August 2007

Do You Wear ''Camo''? Feminists Globalize Demilitarization

Do You Wear Camo? Feminists Globalize Demilitarization
Authors: Cynthia Enloe

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The Women of Color Resource Center (WCRC) isn't what most experts think of as a site of research on militarization and demilitarization. But that oversight may be due to many militarization experts' narrow views of ''expertise.'' The WCRC is an energetic organization located in downtown Oakland, California, that develops programs for Asian- American, African-American, Native American, and Latina women in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Liberating the Tools We Need to Write

Liberating the Tools We Need to Write

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Open source software can prevent monopolistic companies from controlling how we communicate.

From Issue 377 - July-August 2007

Highlights from the AFSC Film & Video Library

Highlights from the AFSC Film & Video Library
Authors: Penny Adams

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Penny Adams is a social worker and a volunteer with the AFSC Film and Video Library, AFSC-NERO.

From Issue 377 - July-August 2007

The Drama of Enacting Change: the Hartbeat Ensemble and Activist Theater

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Authors: Denis Lazor

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Denis Lazor is a board member of the Hartbeat Ensemble, 860/548-9144, www.hartbeatensemble.org.

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