The New School In Exile

Multimedia : Student Labor Rally at Hunter College (CUNY)
Posted by alvinjohnson on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 (16:07:36) (328 reads)

Here is some video from the recent student labor rally held at Hunter College (CUNY) on March 25, 2009.

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Multimedia : A Day in the Life of Bob Kerrey play
Posted by alvinjohnson on Friday, March 27, 2009 (06:12:28) (334 reads)

Well boys and girls, here it is. The latest off-Broadway hit "A Day in the Life of Bob Kerrey" has finally hit the net. Be sure to check out both parts of this hilarious comedy written by New School students addressing burning issues at the New School. The whole show is YouTubed in two parts, and runs about 12 minutes in total. Enjoy!

PART 1:

PART 2:

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We're like ninja - now you see us, now you don't
Posted by alvinjohnson on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 (05:42:06) (323 reads)

Happy spring, lets get peepin' =)

There's a ton of stuff going on right now, and here's just a taste of the madness as April 1st approaches. The next two weeks are sure to be important, so if you can make it out, please do. More information for each of the events listed in available on the calendar page, so check that out. Every little bit counts right now! Onward in the struggle.

Wed March 25
-"A Day in the Life of Bob Kerrey" musical play - starts at 11:40 am, again at 1:40 pm
-Hunter College (CUNY) Student and Labor Rally - starting at 4pm
-Raise Our Voices: A Student-Faculty forum NYU/NS - starting at 7pm

Thursday March 26
-New School meeting about the 2009/2001 school budget - starting at 3pm
-Bob doesn’t want you to party… But you don’t want Bob: Student party - starting at 10 pm

Sunday March 29
-Your School, Your Say: student gathering and planning meeting - starting at 6pm

Wednesday April 1st
-[insert your action here], lots of fun, anarchy and playfulness. Don't miss it.

April 3rd/4th
-National March on Wall St. / Jobs Not War! / Anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination - starting at 1pm on 4/3

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Raising Our Voices! Student~Faculty forum
Posted by alvinjohnson on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 (04:58:21) (356 reads)

Please come join students from the New School In Exile, Take Back NYU!, Radical Student Union, GSOC and faculty from both the New School and NYU for a productive evening and cross-group assembly.

Raising Our Voices: Student Faculty forum

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 7-9 PM
NYU Department of Social And Cultural Analysis
41 E. 11th St. 7th Floor

Agenda

Speakers are requested to limit their remarks to 5 minutes and to include a very brief self-introduction. There will be people from both schools who may not know who you are or what you do.

Welcome and Introduction to the Forum

Jan Clausen, New School, Vice President of UAW Local 7902
Rana Jaleel, NYU Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC)
Andrew Ross, NYU chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
Radical Student Union (New School) representatives
New School in Exile representatives
Take Back NYU Representatives
Chris Rzonca, NYU Unit Chair, UAW Local 7902

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A Message from the New School in Exile
Posted by alvinjohnson on Sunday, March 22, 2009 (02:52:43) (661 reads)

This letter was written in partial response to the recent letter sent by New School Trustee Chairman Julien J. Studley, which is posted below this message...

“The New School in Exile” was a name adopted by New School students who occupied 65 Fifth Avenue last December. The central demand of that occupation was the resignation of Bob Kerrey and Jim Murtha. This demand was made in solidarity with the University faculty’s virtually unanimous vote of no-confidence in these individuals. Since this demand remained unmet when students returned from break, the name “New School in Exile” was taken up once again at the beginning of this term to continue the call for Kerrey and Murtha’s resignation by April 1st. To achieve this goal, a diverse group of 30-60 people have been holding open meetings and teach-ins on a weekly basis to discuss the April 1st deadline, the actions we wish to take in support of it, and the kind of university we would like to see in the future. The group has no centralized organization or unified ideology.

The New School in Exile exists because Kerrey and Murtha are the leaders of an incompetent and out-of-touch administration that has prioritized profits and “branding” over resources and financial aid. They have jeopardized the legacy and academic integrity of the University. As the New School faculty made abundantly clear in their no-confidence vote, the only way our collective grievances can be addressed is through the removal of those who have systematically obstructed channels of reform whilst consolidating all administrative power in their own hands.

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Students at New School, NYU Continue to Fight for Student Rights
Posted by alvinjohnson on Friday, March 20, 2009 (19:43:41) (409 reads)

The following story appeared in the Trent Arthur, a student newspaper at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada on [March 2, 2009 ].

As the Financial crisis hits Wall Street, University students in Manhattan have taken to direct action campaigns to fight their administrations policies of centralization and unethical financial practices.

On the evening of February 18 students from New York University (NYU) took over a University cafeteria in Greenwich Village. The protesters demanded an annual reporting of the University’s operating budget and requested 13 scholarships a year to students from the Gaza Strip. Students also want the University to allow graduate teaching assistants to unionize.

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March 25th Student/Labor Rally at Hunter College
Posted by alvinjohnson on Friday, March 20, 2009 (18:05:12) (344 reads)

New School students and other defenders of education rights:

COME TO THE STUDENT/LABOR RALLY AT HUNTER COLLEGE ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25!

Rally outside the Hunter West building (southwest corner of 68th & Lex), starting at 4:00 p.m. [See Map] CUNY students need our solidarity in the head-on fight against a tuition hike and budget cuts that amount to a race and class purge against working-class and minority students. The rally is called by the Ad Hoc Committee Against CUNY Budget Cuts and Tuition Hikes, and is getting increasing support from immigrant, labor, community and student groups. Let's unite the struggles on all the campuses, and bring them together with the power of NYC's multiethnic, multinational working class!

Download a flyer for the event here.

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Student actions at the Technological Institute of Puerto Rico
Posted by alvinjohnson on Friday, March 20, 2009 (01:28:46) (317 reads)

{We are looking for someone willing to submit a better English translation as well to post along with this for all those non-Spanish speakers.}

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA
March 6, 2009

Los estudiantes del ITPR de Manatí, representados por el consejo estudiantil y con el apoyo del 100% de nuestros estudiantes declaramos la huelga. Llevamos 10 días de lucha y resistencia con un campamento establecido frente a la institución las 24 horas. Nuestros reclamos, que no son nada nuevos, sino que se vienen arrastrando de semestre en semestre sin que se presente una solución real y definitiva, son varios.

PRESS RELEASE

The students of ITPR in Manati represented by the student council and with the support of 100% of our students are on strike. We continue 10 days of struggle and resistance in a camp set against the institution for 24 hours. Our demands, which are nothing new, but have been dragging on for six months without a real and final solution, are many.

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Solidarity with students at Ryukyus University in Japan
Posted by alvinjohnson on Friday, March 20, 2009 (01:13:06) (456 reads)

We recently received news of more student occupations and actions going on around the world and want to share those with others in the struggle both here at the New School and in the larger student movements. This is the first of two recent student actions we have been notified of. Their statement follows:

We, the Students of the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, Japan, sincerely express our solidarity with the Students in Exile. We also began to occupy and sit-in on our campus from March 9. 2009. The Globe is just one, and we hope that the students could develop a global society of solidarity against the neoliberalism.

Sincerely
From the Students of the University of the Ryukyus

Please read their Statement, Support Letter and their Blog (most of it is written in Japanese). Their Statement and Support Letter are in the read more link below

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Next Meeting Reminder 3/8
Posted by alvinjohnson on Friday, March 06, 2009 (21:04:05) (298 reads)

The next meeting of the New School In Exile will be this coming Sunday (3/8) at 5pm in the Wolfe Conference Room, 2nd Floor of 65 5th Avenue.

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Multimedia : Probing the New School Power Structures
Posted by alvinjohnson on Friday, February 27, 2009 (22:00:51) (406 reads)

The following is an interactive flash map exploring the links and connections of our Board of Trustees treasurer Robert Millard. You can learn more about him in our forum page on him as well.

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Multimedia : Teach-In Part 3a: The Student-Kerrey Dialectic Pt. 2
Posted by alvinjohnson on Friday, February 27, 2009 (20:56:04) (369 reads)

This is the third segment (part 2 of 2) of the teach-in looking at the history of recent student political struggles at the New School.

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Multimedia : Teach-In Part 3: The Student-Kerrey Dialectic Pt. 1
Posted by alvinjohnson on Friday, February 27, 2009 (20:54:25) (322 reads)

This is the 3rd section (pt. 1 of 2) of the teach-in looking at the recent history of political struggle at the New School.

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Multimedia : Teach-In Part 4: Updates on the December occupation
Posted by alvinjohnson on Friday, February 27, 2009 (05:22:45) (529 reads)

Teach-In Part 4: Updates on the Occupation

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Multimedia : Teach-In part 2 - Changing Power at the New School
Posted by alvinjohnson on Friday, February 27, 2009 (05:19:54) (330 reads)

Teach-In Part 2: Changing Power at the New School

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