Mark Danner, a writer for The New Yorker and professor at Berkeley and Bard, delivered this insightful commencement address to graduates of the Department of Rhetoric at Zellerbach Hall, University of California,…
Category: Youth and Students
Attacks On Science From The Bush Administration Continue Post-Election
(Excerpted from a speech in February 2007 in Hawaii by Michael Hadfield) Lest anyone think that the Congressional electoral victories of the Democrats last November have changed anything, let me point out…
Pentagon Attempts to Force Berkeley High to Furnish Student Info
But Students Do Not Opt to be Cannon Fodder By Kenneth J. Theisen, 5/30/07 Threatened with the loss of approximately $10 million in federal education money by the Department of Defense (DOD),…
UMass Students Boo former Bush Chief of Staff at Commencement Ceremony
Andrew Card, Bush’s former Chief of Staff, came to the University of Massachusetts Friday, May 25 to receive an honorary degree. Instead, he was met with protests from students and faculty, with…
Mission of a Generation Youth Conference July 12th – July 16th
World Can’t Wait Youth 2nd Annual Youth ConferenceSan Francisco/ Bay AreaJuly 12th – July 16th World Can’t Wait – Drive out the Bush Regime is inviting youth from around the country to…
Your Generation’s Call to Conscience
Text of speech delievered by Anastasia Gomes at Hunter University on May 9th. Living in a country where patriotism is taught from a young age and where you are instilled with the…
Report from WCW at Coachella Music Festival
Dear WCW community and others who may stumble across my words, I would have written sooner, but it has taken me this long to decompress from the Coachella Valley Music and Arts…
Hip-hop meets activism in odd anti-Bush partnership
By Jessica Hester, published April 20, 2007, in the Chicago Maroon, the independent student newspaper of the University of Chicago Break-dancers, spoken-word artists, and musicians tore up the International House stage on…
Brandeis WCW Hosts Prof. Finkelstein Amid Controversy
In the past two months an intense struggle has broken out over Prof. Norman Finkelstein gaining tenure at Depaul University. The concerted effort orchestrated by right wing members of Depaul’s faculty and…
Gonzales’ Law School Reunion Disrupted by Protesters
4/18/07: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales attended his 25th Harvard Law School reunion Saturday unannounced, in the midst of widespread calls for his resignation over his role in the firing of federal prosecutors…