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Stand Up Against the Suppression of the Occupy Movement

Feb 29, 2012 at 5:27 am in Take Back The Bronx by webmaster · Leave a Comment »

The Bloomberg administration directed the NYPD to forcibly evict Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti Park in November. Coordinated evictions of Occupy encampments in most U.S. cities followed.

The Call for Mass Action against the Suppression of the Occupy Movement, stated, “The state planned and unleashed naked and systematic violence and repression against people attempting to exercise rights that are supposed to be legally guaranteed. This response by those who wield power in this society is utterly shameful from a moral standpoint,  [read more →]

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Goodbye, First Amendment: ‘Trespass Bill’ will make protest illegal

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Washington: US park police detains a Christian religious activist during a pro-life demonstration in front of the White House in Washington on February 16, 2012. (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad)

 

 

Just when you thought the government couldn’t ruin the First Amendment any further: The House of Representatives approved a bill on Monday that outlaws protests in instances where some government officials are nearby, whether or not you even know it.

The US House of Representatives voted 388-to-3 in favor of H.R. 347  [read more →]

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March 1st NYC DAY OF ACTION TO DEFEND EDUCATION!

Feb 28, 2012 at 3:13 pm in Announcements by webmaster · 2 Comments »

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN US ON MARCH 1ST

We reject the agenda of the 1%, which has led to cuts in funding for public education, soaring student debt, school privatization and job insecurity.

Student loan debt in the United States is now around $1 trillion.

Tuition at public colleges and universities in New York is scheduled to rise $300 a year for the next five years.

Over the past decade, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Department of Education has closed more than 117 schools.

Only 13% of  [read more →]

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Bronx native Sharon De La Cruz hopes to encourage young women to be politically active

Feb 26, 2012 at 8:31 pm in Announcements by webmaster · Leave a Comment »

                      Sharon De La Cruz (right) being honored at Project Reach gala                                             

 

Sharon De La Cruz, artist and activist from The POINT, honored for community work in the Bronx
 
 

Much like the programs she runs, Sharon De La Cruz is the very definition of “unique.”

The 25-year-old Dominican artist and activist, with eyeglasses that take up half of her petite face, coordinates the program WOMEN (Where Our Minds Empower Needs) at The POINT in  [read more →]

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Gomper’s High School Students in the Bx take over a DOE hearing and they had every right to

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Student’s from the Bronx battling a system being lead by profiteers not interested in their Education.
Gomper’s High School Students in the Bx take over a DOE hearing  

 

It’s Nice To Share, But School Co-Location Can Cause Problems, Public Advocate Warns: Updated

NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio

A study by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and the Alliance for Quality Education says school closings and the practice of “co-location,” where several different schools share the same building, “can disrupt students’  [read more →]