CCSU rally against racism
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dressed an alleged incident during the 2005-2006 school year in which a former student cross-country runner was forced by his coach to drink human blood in the presence of teammates. Charles Ngetich filed a lawsuit in September against his former coach, ter at the university, Martine Bernadel, told the crowd that in the two years she’s attended CCSU, she has seen terrible acts of racism and discrimination acted upon students and friends. She asked the crowd to think about how it would feel to be far away from home rally isn’t just about one issue [of racism]; this is about a constant ist Action President Marissa Blaszko began a chant by shouting, “When students’ rights are under attack, what do we do?” The We propose an EMERGENCY CONGRESS OF LABOR to discuss and take steps to 1) Bail out the people, not the bankers! Open the account books of the banks to full public inspection. Nationalize the banks to be supervised by workers’ committees.
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The CCSU Recorder reports that the president of the NAACP chapand be treated in such a way that Ngetich has.
CCSU Black Student Union President Patrick Williams said, “This repetitive thing that happens on campus.” CCSU Youth for Socialcrowd responded: “Stand up, fight back!” n implement the following demands — warming. countries — $30. Money orders and checks should be in U.S. dollars.
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© Miller Taylor / About.com couple move to a state where their union is outlawed. The latter would ban employer discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identification. Virtually no progress has been made on DoMA. ENDA has been introduced in Congress and has 189 and 41 cosponsors in the House and Senate, respectively. (See the October Socialist Action for more on DoMA and ENDA).
While there are ongoing discussions among march organizers about organizational strategies for how to move ahead, it seems unlikely that a sustained movement can be created through decentralized on-line organizing. However, the political strategy is clear, which is prefaced by the following statement on in the “District Action Team Organizers Toolkit #1,” which can be found on EAA website: “This is the dawn of a new day. We have a Democratic majority in the House and the Senate. We have a president who acknowledges and respects our community and who has committed to be a fierce advocate for equality. That means that we have work to do! We have to hold them accountable and keep the pressure high.
“The National Equality March was a first step to build a national grassroots network to do the hard work of demanding equality and holding our government accountable.”
Cleve Jones can be seen on a Youtube video embedded in the EAA homepage, in which he says that “true equality can only come with decisive, unequivocal action from the United States Congress, the United States Supreme Court, and the president.” Thus, the