Prof David Harvey defends public education, right to protest

David Harvey, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center, has released the following statement on the CUNY protests: The proposal to impose a large tuition increase throughout the CUNY system at… Read More

[Update] WBAI’s Building Bridges to highlight student and union resistence on Monday @ 7pm 99.5 FM

[Update] Listen to the interviews at http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/wbai_111129_060101wuc.mp3 starting around 19:00.   WBAI’s Radio Building Bridges: Your Community & Labor Report Produced by Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash Monday, November 28, 2011,  7 –… Read More

First videos from N28

RT America has one of the first videos up on YouTube from tonight’s protest. NY Daily News has a pre-protest gathering video featuring three student interviews:

Photos from N28

The Occupy CUNY Flickr pool has posted photos from today’s protest. We’ll have more media and press coverage up later tonight and tomorrow. http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?group_id=1822155@N21&user_id=&set_id=&text= A photo sent by supporters across the street from… Read More

Occupy CUNY at York to ask Senate for support tomorrow

Occupy CUNY at York College has announced plans to ask the York Senate for its official support at tomorrow’s meeting. The recent post on its Facebook page provides the text of the request:… Read More

Live Feeds of N28 Protests

Occupy Wall Street has two live feeds up: http://www.livestream.com/owsnyc http://www.livestream.com/occupynyc

PSC President Barbara Bowen’s Letter to the Chancellor Regarding Baruch Shutdown

Dear Members, This morning I sent a letter to Chancellor Goldstein calling on him to ask Baruch President Wallerstein to rescind his decision cancelling all classes from 3:00 PM today.  The letter states… Read More

“Dear New York, Welcome to the Student Movement”

Zoltán Glück, doctoral student in Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center, posts a reflection on the blossoming student movement: Last Monday night I walked out of Baruch College after being handcuffed and detained… Read More

The GC Advocate Live Blogging

The Occupy CUNY Blog on the Graduate Center Advocate site is live blogging today’s events at Baruch: http://www.gcadvocate.com/2011/11/occupy-cuny-blog-november-28/

“Inside the Student Movement”

In a new AlterNet article, Manissa McCleave Maharawal, doctoral student in Anthropology and adjunct at Baruch College, recaps the crackdown on the student movement across the country, its connections to Occupy Wall Street,… Read More

“The Frontline of Privatizing Public Education”

Fiona Lee posts a dispatch on the November 21, 2011 CUNY tuition hikes protest and the police violence inflicted upon students. The police brutality that took place at Baruch College on November 21,… Read More

Preparing yourself for N28 protest

In advance of the N28 action at Baruch, the Support working group of the Graduate Center General Assembly has shared suggestions and safe protest info: In order to create peaceful and intentional (and… Read More

Students respond to GC President Kelly on security presence

A doctoral student in Anthropology has responded to President Kelly’s request for information about the security presence on the GC campus in an open letter which reads, I am writing in response to… Read More

CUNY Students Rally for Education and Against Anti-Democratic Lock-Down

A People’s Assembly to Defend Education, An action endorsed by the Professional Staff Congress, set for Monday, November 28 at 4 p.m. Media Inquires: Dominique Nisperos (510) 788-0085 / Elizabeth Sibilia (347) 249-2326… Read More

NOV 28: DEFEND PUBLIC EDUCATION RALLY at CUNY

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Professor speaks out against police violence at CUNY

Anthony Alessandrini, associate professor of English at Kingsborough Community College, has published an extended article on police violence at Baruch last Monday, detailing the reactions of students and faculty involved and calling for… Read More

Staying Safe and Comfortable

What to bring: A buddy that you know! Look out for each other. Have each other’s names and emergency contact info and medical information. Appropriate identification: Drivers License or state ID for domestic… Read More

Affinity Groups

What is an affinity group? A group of 3 or 4 people who look out for each other and help us all stay safe! Who should be in affinity groups? People with similar… Read More

Hunter Envoy reports on police presence, publishes interview of arrested student

The Envoy, the student newspaper of Hunter College, has published a series of recent articles about the Board Hearing at Baruch College on Monday, November 21. The first article, “Unexpected clash occurs in… Read More

[Update] Baruch President orders Vertical Campus closing for Monday at 3pm

[Updated 11/28/2011 @ 1:35pm] The New York Times City Room blog files a report: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/cuny-prepares-for-more-student-protests/?smid=tw-nytmetro&seid=auto [Updated 11/28/2011 @ 1:30pm] The Village Voice is reporting on the closure: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/11/cuny_students_t.php [Updated 11/28/2011 @11:01am] New York Daily News… Read More

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