Meet A Socialist: Harper (6/23/2024) - Northeastern University encampment where I and other protestors were arrested. by Harper GlottmannMiami, FL Growing up in Miami, it was hard to ignore the wealth inequality all around me. Downtown, homeless people’s encampments stretch down several streets just a couple blocks away from luxury high rises. Most of my life I did not think criticallyContinue reading "Meet A Socialist: Harper"
No Summer Breaks for the Palestine Solidarity Movement (6/19/2024) - by Ben Desjarlais & Jacob BielskiSpringfield, MA Organize Protests to Pick Up Where the Campus Encampments Left Off! On April 17, hundreds of Columbia University students started a Gaza solidarity encampment after efforts to force divestment were answered by a crackdown on pro-Palestinian activity across the campus. University president Minouche Shafik called in New YorkContinue reading "No Summer Breaks for the Palestine Solidarity Movement "
Meet A Socialist — Dec 2023/Jan 2024 (2/13/2024) - by Elizabeth CurranRhode Island I’m a high school senior from the rural suburbs of western RI. I’ve called myself a socialist for about three and a half years, but I think I truly became one two years ago. For a lot of people, especially my age, the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 had aContinue reading "Meet A Socialist — Dec 2023/Jan 2024"
UMass Amherst Grad Workers Struggle for a Fair Contract (10/14/2023) - by B.W. SculosRio Grande Valley United Faculty, TFA/TSTA, NEA member (Personal capacity)Edinburg, TX Union activity and popularity are on the rise across the United States. A major aspect of these increases is rooted in the tireless efforts of graduate student workers. Graduate students have organized new unions where they didn’t exist, particularly at private universities,Continue reading "UMass Amherst Grad Workers Struggle for a Fair Contract"
Meet a Socialist – Sept. 2023 (10/5/2023) - by Ali SeniorBoston, MA Hello, people of the planet! My name is Ali and I am currently an animation student at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. My journey into socialism started long before I realized what I was looking for. I grew up in a relatively financially-stable, working-class home on Cape Cod. It’sContinue reading "Meet a Socialist – Sept. 2023"
Capitalist Crisis in Higher Education (9/17/2023) - by Jacob BilskySpringfield, MA Higher education in the United States is in crisis. Faculty, staff, and graduate students work precarious jobs for low pay as the cost of living rises. Meanwhile, Supreme Court decisions to stop student loan forgiveness and affirmative action, as well as universities raising tuition, make college education increasingly inaccessible to working-classContinue reading "Capitalist Crisis in Higher Education"
“ISG in Action” in Educator Unions (8/11/2023) - by ISG members in the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) MTA educators, members of the largest union in New England representing 115,000 members in 400 locals, are fighting back through a wave of contract battles and illegal strikes against underfunding, inadequate staffing levels, and wages that trail behind record-high levels of inflation and student debt. ISGContinue reading "“ISG in Action” in Educator Unions"
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