I found the blog of the New York City Student Union online today. I don’t know much about them, but will be doing my research. There were some good posts on there, this one for example, reacting to the Bronx Science School walkout by asking why students aren’t more involved in the school [...]
Entries from March 2008
March 21, 2008
In search of the questions
I attended the Left Forum last weekend in NYC and was fortunate to be presenting on a panel discussing study groups and their role in social movements. I was glad to be presenting with my crew of folks from Rev and Ev, but beyond that I was unsure how the panel would turn out; it [...]
March 21, 2008
The Next American Revolution
LIVING FOR CHANGE
The Next American Revolution
By Grace Lee Boggs
Left Forum Closing Plenary, Cooper Union
New York, March 16, 2008
Read the full text here.
Here’s my own abridged version for those of you without the time to read the whole thing (though it was almost impossible to pick out the important parts, the speech was so rich. I [...]
March 19, 2008
Not quite Obama-mania, but …
A friend of mine sent me the Youtube link to the Obama speech yesterday on race and “A More Perfect Union.”
Barak Obama …
I am not one for following presidential elections. I’ve voted each time, but I do not get excited about electing the man (up until this year? God I hope not. [...]
