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Issue
no. 24 March 12, 2003
IN
THIS ISSUE:
No
to War for Empire, No to the Attacks on Education!
There is an Alternative: Stop Paying the Rich!
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International
Student Day of Anti-war Actions
High School and College Students Stand Against War, For Education
and the Rights of All
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Texas
Teachers Under Attack
Amid Massive Teacher Shortage, Firing Teachers Made Easier
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Defend
the Right to Conscience!
Students Disciplined for Expressing Anti-War Views
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Education
Summit — Albany, New York
Students Demand Government Accountability and Increased Funding
For Education Now!
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Issue
no. 23 Februrary 27, 2003
IN
THIS ISSUE:
Education
Summit, March 4, 2003 — Albany, New York
We Decide Our Future! Increase Funding For Education
Now!
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Oppose
the Wrecking and Humiliation!
Massive Attacks on Education Continue
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Defend
the Right to Conscience!
Student Sent Home For Anti-Bush T-shirt
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Hysteria
Promoted by School Resource Officers, Security Company
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School
Safety Organization Says No Child Left Behind Makes Schools Less
Safe
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U.S.
Dept. of Education
Public Access to Information Blocked
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Take
Every Initiative to Oppose U.S. War!
D’Youville and Geneseo College Faculty Voice Collective
Will for Peace
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When
“Being Safe” Makes You Afraid
“Security Plans” Causing Anxiety and Fear Among Educators, Parents
and Students
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Our
Future is Now!
Students From Rochester-Area Schools Speak Out Against Education
Funding Cuts, Demand Government Accountability
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Issue
no. 22 Februrary 11, 2003
IN
THIS ISSUE:
War,
Budgets and Decision-Making
Fight for A Government Where the People Decide!
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As
Billions Go for War School Budgets Decimated
Future Threatened as Attacks on Education Intensify
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Allegiance
is A Matter of Conscience!
Group Defends Student’s Right to Refuse Pledge of Allegiance
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Massive
Cuts to Primary and Secondary Education Continue
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Students
Statewide: No Tuition Hike! Education Is a Right!
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Issue
no. 21 January 22, 2003
IN
THIS ISSUE:
War,
Education, and the Future of Humanity
The Issue is One of Social Progress
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Washington
State Day of Action
Tens of Thousands of Teachers, Students and Parents March to Defend
the Right to Education
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A
Matter of Conscience
Utah Mandating “Patriotism” in Schools
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Whose Security? Our Security!
Government Steps Up Spying on Schools and Eases FBI Access to
Student Information
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Oakland,
California
School District Organizes Anti-war Teach-ins
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Issue
no. 20 December 6, 2002
IN
THIS ISSUE:
War,
Education, and the Future of Humanity The Issue is One of Social
Progress
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Rochester
Students, Parents and Educators Reject Military Demands
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There
is an Alternative
Teachers and Students are Broadening Space to Oppose War on Iraq
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Whose
Security?
Federal Emergency Management Agency and “School Safety”
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SUNY
Proposes Arming Community College Police
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Stop
Paying the Rich!
State Cutbacks Intensifying Anti-social Offensive
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Upstate
New York
Dramatic Increase in Need for Emergency Food Services
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Planning
for the Open
Forum How Should We Measure Our Success?
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Issue
no. 19 November 15, 2002
IN
THIS ISSUE:
The
People Are Decisive
Resolving the Crisis in Favor of all Humanity!
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Future
of Humanity Threatened
World-wide Level of Education Declining
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Education
is a Right!
Rochester School Board Joins Campaign to Hold State Accountable
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Attacking
Rights in the Name of Security
In the Wake of Massive Cuts, NYC Schools Hire Hundreds of Security
Guards
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Increase
Funding for Education Now!
Survey Finds Nationwide Textbook Shortages
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Taking
Matters Into Our Own Hands
Meetings Make Headway on Forum to Confront the Crisis in Urban
Education
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Issue
no. 18 November 1, 2002
IN
THIS ISSUE:
Oppose
the Attacks on Education! Join In the Work to Build Alternatives!
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Spirited
Rally in Buffalo
Opposing Attacks on Schools and Defending the Right to Education
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Federal
Government Labels Schools and States “Enemies”
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Government
to Cut Funds for Schools Refusing to Hand Over Student Information
to Military
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Demonstrations
Represent the Will of the People for Peace and Ending U.S. Aggression
Worldwide
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Taking
Matters Into Our Own Hands
Meeting Proposes Forum on The Role of Teachers in Fighting
Racism and Increasing Funding for Education
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Issue
no. 17 October 18, 2002
IN
THIS ISSUE:
Stop Paying The Rich! Cancel The Debt! Increase
Funding For Schools Now!
Now
is the Time to Go Broadly With the People’s Alternative!
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The
People Must Set The Standards
Testing Lowers Level of Education, Used to Deny Rights
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Urgent
Warning from Israeli Academics
The Israeli Government May Be Contemplating Crimes Against Humanity
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Univ.
of Illinois-Chicago Mobilizes to Defend Free Speech & Right to
Conscience
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Paying
the Rich Threatens Future of Education
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Report
Says $50 Billion Needed to Modernize Schools in New York State
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Taking
Matters Into Our Own Hands
Meeting Puts Organizing in First Place
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Issue
no. 16 October 4, 2002
IN
THIS ISSUE:
There Is a Way Forward: Defend the Rights of All!
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Education
Is A Right! We Have Just Begun To Fight!
Fund Schools Now! Press Conferences Unveil "People's Brief"
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Washington
State
Issaquah Teachers Defy Criminalization and Defend Their
Right to Strike
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Minnesota
First Teachers Strike in a Decade
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Youth:
Born to Society, Not to the Military
White House Conference on "Character and Community"
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U.S.
"War on Terrorism" Equals Attacking the Right to Conscience
Academics Speak Out Against "Blacklist"
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Worldwide
Demonstrations Oppose the Dangers of War and Support the Palestinian
People
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Teachers'
Federation Passes Resolution Against War on Iraq
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For
Your Information
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
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First
Meeting of New School Year
Vigorous Discussion Reveals Broad Desire for Change
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Issue
no. 15 September 20, 2002
IN
THIS ISSUE:
Defend the Lackawanna Community!
Talk of “Character” Used to Pressure Youth
to Accept Being Terrorized
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Defend
the Right to Conscience!
Lt. Governor Pushes Government’s Vision for “Character
Education”
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Report
Finds Schools of Poorest Students Receive Less Money
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Tuitions
Increasing at SUNY and Other State Universities
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Rochester,
New York Military Demands Student Information from High School
Principals
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Military
Recruiting 16-year-olds
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Pledges,
Character and the Right to Conscience
Teachers Are a Force for Enlightenment, Not Police for Attacks
on Rights!
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Get
Issue no. 15 in PDF
format
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Issue
no. 14 July 8, 2002
IN
THIS ISSUE:
State of Our Schools: Forum on Education
"Failure," Rights and the Need for New Arrangements
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Buffalo
Schools Crisis
State Denies Graduation to Over 375 Students
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Intensifying
the Anti-social Offensive
Court Says State Has No Obligation to Provide
High School Education
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RCSD-There
Is A Way Out of the Crisis!
Stop
Paying the Rich, Cancel the Debt! Fund Schools Now!
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For
Your Information
Facts
on Government Debt
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Education
Advocacy Day
Holding
Government Accountable!
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Issue
no. 13 June 11, 2002
IN
THIS ISSUE:
Defending
the Rights of All
Only The People Can Solve the Problems!
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New
York City
Mass
Rally in Defense of the Rights to Education and a Livelihood
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Leaving
Education to Chance
Banks
Lend $40 Million to Failing Education Reform
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New
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Failure,
But of Whom?
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Affirming
the Right to Conscience
Speaking
Out is Key to Creating a Safe Space
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Issue
no. 12 May 17, 2002
IN
THIS ISSUE:
Teachers Are Becoming Political!
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Budget
Cuts? Don't Blame the Teachers!
Report
Shows Teacher Salaries Not Keeping Pace With Education Investments
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New
York State
Education
Conference Puts Activism on the Agenda
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Rochester
Forum
Opposes Attacks on Education in the Name of "Testing", Calls on
Teachers to Become Political
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"What
Does it Mean to Be an American?"
Forum
Opens Up Space for Safe and Serious Political Discussion
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May
Day 2002
Seize
the Initiative! Step Up the Opposition to Attacks on Education-Join
the Ranks of All Those Standing Together in Defense of the Rights
of All!
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Issue
no. 11 April 25, 2002
IN
THIS ISSUE:
Seizing
the Initiative
The
People Will Not Be Silenced!
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Update
Rochester Schools On-going Budget Crisis
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The
State of New York’s Schools
The Combined Effect of the 2001-02 “Bare Bones” Budget and
the Proposed 2002-03 State Funding “Freeze”
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Stop
Paying the Rich! Cancel the Debt! Fund Schools Now!
Chicago
School Board Uses Classroom Funds to Pay Bond Debt
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Issue
no. 10 March 18, 2002
IN
THIS ISSUE:
Taking
Matters into Our Own Hands!
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Join
In the Survey Work!
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Transit
Workers Call for United Action
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Buffalo
Schools School
Closings
and Hundreds of Teacher Cuts Planned
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Education
and the “War on Terrorism”
School
and Government Officials Step Up Their Attack on the Right To
Conscience
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Georgia
School Safety Bill Legalizes Preemptive Arrests
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Discussion
Why
the Push for ”Patriotism” in the Schools?
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Across
the Country, Attacks on Education Continue
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Education
Advocacy Day
Hundreds
Demonstrate to Defend the Right to Education
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Planning
Meeting for United Action
UNITE ALL IN DEFENSE OF RIGHTS!
—
Transit Workers Discussion Group —
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Help
Build the Discussion! Take the Survey!
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Issue
no. 9 February 26, 2002
IN
THIS ISSUE:
EDUCATION
ADVOCACY DAY
Holding Government Accountable to Guarantee Rights!
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Statement of Teachers Forum for Empowerment and Rights
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Update
More
Layoffs and Cuts to Education Across The U.S.
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New
York
Court
Fails to Hold State Responsible for "Sound Basic Education"
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For
Your Information
Facts
on Government Debt
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Teachers
Forum Discussion Group
It
can be done, it must be done! Meetings Build Alternative By Defending
Rights
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Issue
no. 8 February 10, 2002
IN
THIS ISSUE:
Layoffs
And Program Cuts Will Only Make Things Worse!
There
Is An Alternative! Stop Paying The Rich! Increase Funding for
Social Programs!
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Rally
For The Poor
Standing as One in Defense of the Rights of All!
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For
Your Information
State Takeovers of Schools
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State
Takeovers of Schools
Removing Government Accountability for Education
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Teachers
Forum Discussion Group
Taking
the Stand For an Alternative Helps Lift the Burden of Despair!
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Issue
no. 7 January 19, 2002
IN
THIS ISSUE:
Unite
to Oppose All the Attacks on Education!
Governments Must Be Accountable to the People’s Demands!
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RCSD
— There Is A Way Out of the Crisis!
Stop Paying the Rich, Cancel the Debt! Fund Schools
Now!
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Update
Rochester Schools Budget Crisis
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No
Child Left Behind Act 2001
Law Mandates Military Access to Student Records
and Information
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Boston
Hundreds
Protest Education Bill and “War on Terrorism”
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New
York State
Brodsky,
NYSSBA Board of Directors Member, Calls on Educators to Speak
Out Against Attacks on Schools!
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On
the Role of Teachers
Fight
for Living and Working Conditions Which Make Teaching Possible!
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New
York State
“State
of the Schools” Report Finds School Funding Actually Decreased
in 2001, and That Schools Are Suffering Statewide
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For
Your Information
No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001
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Meeting
Advances the Work to Defend Education
Organize
to Oppose the Attacks on Education! Defend the Rights and Dignity
of All Education Workers!
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Issue
no. 6 December 12, 2001
IN
THIS ISSUE:
Vigorously
Condemn Mass Jailing of Teachers and Detention of Students!
Defend
the Rights of Teachers and Youth to Organize Themselves!
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Buffalo
Says: No to School Layoffs!
Enthusiastic and Militant Demonstration Defends Rights to Education
and a Livelihood
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Buffalo
Education
is a Right! A Livelihood is a Right!
Statement
of the Open Forum for Alternatives, December 3
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For
Your Information
The
New Jersey Teachers’ Situation
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Rochester
Nazareth
College Faculty Organize Themselves to Defend the Right to Conscience
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Discussion
The
Need for Mechanisms of Accountability and Redress
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The
Call of Teachers Forum
Building
Education is a Right! is a Concrete Way to Bring About New Arrangements!
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Issue
no. 5 November 25, 2001
IN
THIS ISSUE:
Defend
the Right to Conscience! Oppose the McCarthyite Notion of Americanism
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Education
is a right!
No to the Layoffs! Stand as One in Defense of the Rights of All!
Statement of Teachers Forum for Empowerment and Rights
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Buffalo
Students
and Teachers Oppose Layoffs
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Support
the “Academic Freedom Statement”
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West
Virginia
High
School Student Defends the Right to Conscience
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Nebraska
State
Board of Education Links School Accreditation to Teaching “Americanism”
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FYI:
State Budgets and Cuts to Education
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Fund
Schools Now!
End
All Funding for Imperialist War! The People Must Decide the Direction
of the Economy
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Teach-in,
Roberts Wesleyan College, November 6, 2001
Fight
for Security, Defend the Right to Education!
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Teachers
Forum Discussion Group
It
can Be Done! It Must Be Done!
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Issue
no. 4 August 23, 2001
IN
THIS ISSUE:
Teachers:
Oppose the IMF/World Bank Attack on Education!
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For
Your Information
The
World Bank and International Monetary Fund
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For
Your Information
Impact
of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Policies and
Programs on Education
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Discussion
Education
is Not a Service
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All
Out for D.C. Demonstrations
Group
Opposes the IMF and World Bank’s Attack on the People and Their
Right to Education!
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Meeting
Announcement
Join
in the Fight to Defend the Right to Education! Come to D.C.!
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Issue
no. 3 August 10, 2001
IN
THIS ISSUE:
DEFEND
THE RIGHTS OF ALL!
Speak Out Against the Anti-Social Offensive!
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Education
International
World
Congress Condemns Impact of Neo-liberalism, Defends Right to Education
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New
York State Budget
Increase
School Funding Now, Education is a Right!
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Students
and Social Activists Protest Budget
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G8
Summit
Militant Demonstrations Say No to the G8! No to Imperialist
Dictate!
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Budgets
and Social Policy
The
Role of Government in Meeting the Needs of the People
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Successful
Meeting Held
Condemn
the Criminalization of Dissent! All Out to Organize for or D.C.Demonstrations!
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Issue
no. 2 July 25, 2001
IN
THIS ISSUE:
How
Can We Solve the Problems Facing Youth, Education and Society?
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Rochester,
New York
Conference Discusses Problems Facing Urban Schools, Poverty, Segregation,
Underfunding all Increasing
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For
Your Information
Poverty,
Funding, Achievemen
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Education
Funding Myths
Federal
Budget: Biggest Decline in Rate of Education Spending in Four
Years
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There
is No Excuse for Poverty!
Put
Eliminating Poverty on the Agenda!
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Budgets
and Social Policy
The
Role of Government in Meeting the Needs of the People
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Meeting
Announcement
Teachers
Forum Discussion Group Join Us!
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Issue
no. 1, July 13, 2001
IN THIS ISSUE:
Find
Out About Teachers Forum!
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The
Question is Who Decides?
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Investigating
Rights
US
Legal System Does Not Recognize the Right to Education
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Teachers
Forum on the "Standards Movement"
Education
Must be Organized to Serve the People for Achievement to Have
Real Meaning!
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