[Corporations] FWD: Liberty Tree News ~ Dec 12, 2005

[Ben Manski]

LIBERTY TREE
Foundation for the Democratic Revolution

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    December 12, 2005

* * * DEMOCRACY ACTION ALERTS * * *

1. EDUCATION:  NYU Strike: Speak up for the right to unionize!

   ISSUE: At issue is the right of campus workers to organize a labor union.  Graduate workers at New York University (NYU) are entering their second month on strike.  NYU management refuses to recognize, much less negotiate with, the union - the Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC).  

   ACTIONS: Write to NYU President John Sexton at john.sexton at nyu.edu and tell him you support the GSOC, and that you expect him to enter negotiations with the union. Make sure you cc: a copy to Martin Lipton, the chair of NYU's Board of Trustees, 
at MLipton at wlrk.com and to the provost David McLaughlin at david.mclaughlin at nyu.edu - please also cc: education at libertytreefdr.org so we can get them in the hands of the strikers.

   FOR MORE INFORMATION: NYU Strike Center at http://www.2110uaw.org/gsoc/gsoc_strike_center.htm ... GSOC Homepage at http://www.2110uaw.org/gsoc/faculty_information.htm


2. EDUCATION:  Administrators move to expel campus organizers

   ISSUE: Administrators at the UW-Madison and at Hampton University are pursuing disciplinary charges against students at these two historically active campuses. At UW-Madison, the targets are members of Stop the War!; at Hampton, the targetted students were participants in a campus anti-war walkout.

   ACTIONS: Write to administrators at both campuses and demand that they end their intimidation of campus organizers.  See the two websites provided below for contact information.

   FOR MORE INFORMATION: Hampton University at http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/hampton ... UW-Madison - http://www.campusantiwar.net/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=132&Itemid=2 


3. GENERAL:  World Social Forum, Midwest Social Forum, U.S. Social Forum

   ISSUE:  The rulers meets in Davos, Switzerland, for their "World Economic Forum;" the people meet, by the hundreds of thousands, all over the world.  Most famous are the "World Social Forum" gatherings in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Mumbai, India.

   ACTIONS: Now, with the first North American forums in Boston and Ontario last year, the Social Forums are coming closer to a city near you.  Participate!  More information is below:

   FOR MORE INFORMATION: World Social Forum in Caracas (Jan 24-29) at http://www.forosocialmundial.org.ve ... Midwest Social Forum in Milwaukee (July 6-9) at http://www.MWSocialForum.org/ ... U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta (Summer 2007) at http://www.ussocialforum.org/

 
* * * LIBERTY TREE NEWS * * *

I. BIG PLANS FOR 2006 ~ There's a lot on our plate for 2006!  Watch in coming months for notices about our state-based Voting Rights Summits in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, California, and North Carolina.  Watch for alerts from the Democratizing Education Network as they gear up for Spring actions.  And watch for news about the Local Democracy Convention we're preparing for Autumn of 2006.  All these updates, and more, will come your way via Liberty Tree News, and will appear on our website.

II. JOURNAL IN THE MAIL ~ The first issue of the Journal of the Democratic Revolution is in the mails.  Early reviews have been uniformly positive.  We're proud of these first 32 pages, and we think you'll enjoy them.  If you are not yet a member of Liberty Tree, you won't be receiving your copy.  So please join us now at our website at http://www.LibertyTreeFDR.org - Thank you!

III. DEMOCRATIZING EDUCATION CONVENTION A SUCCESS ~ Over the weekend of October 20-13, 2005, 130 students, faculty, staff, and community members from 26 campuses in 13 states and 2 provinces met at the Democratizing Education Convention in Madison, Wisconsin.  Organizers hoped the convention would help campus organizers to, "better coordinate our energy and organizing efforts to fight for an accessible, diverse and fair public higher education system."  That it did!  Read some local news coverage at http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=58607&ntpid=2 and read more about the convention at http://www.DemocratizingEducation.org


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