Why Are Things As They Are?

We Say Fight Back! Come to the Rouge Forum Conference 2013 Rouge Forum 2013 will be held at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI on May 16-19. The theme of this RF2013 is “Winning the Class Struggle Against Corporate Education Reform” The Rouge Forum brings together academic presentations and panel discussions, performances, community building, and [...]

We Say Fight Back! Zapatistas Rise Again After years of silence, secluded in their base communities in Mexico’s impoverished south, indigenous Zapatista rebels have re-emerged with a series of public statements in recent weeks, attempting to reignite passions for their demands of “land, liberty, work and peace”. In December, 40,000 Zapatista supporters marched through villages [...]

We Say Fight Back! February 10, 1954 – President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam. http://williamblum.org/books/americas-deadliest-export Portland Student Test Boycott A group of Portland students is urging classmates to boycott state benchmark tests, calling them a waste of resources and inaccurate measures of student achievement and teacher effectiveness. Leaders of the Portland [...]

We Say Fight Back! Congratulations on the publication of “Dangerous Counterstories in The Corporate Academy”  Edited by: Emily A. Daniels, SUNY Plattsburgh Brad J. Porfilio, Lewis University in Romeoville, IL http://www.infoagepub.com/products/Dangerous-Counterstories-in-The-Corporate-Academy We Remember and Boots Riley’s Dad Honored In recent years Walter’s political work has ranged from anti-apartheid actions, to local educational and health issues, [...]