Organizers at the New School in New York City recently formed a Radical Student Union there, and all signs point to them really knowing their shit; from what I've read and heard, they're doing all the right things. I got this press release via email:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW SCHOOL STUDENTS HOLD SIT IN – DEMAND TO ADDRESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

NEW YORK, NY – At 2pm this afternoon, New School students part of an organization called the Radical Student Union (RSU) along with members of the War Resisters League held a demonstration to demand university investment disclosure, the implementation of a committee on socially responsible investment, and removal of the treasurer of the Board of Trustees, Robert B. Millard. The demonstration started at L-3 Communications headquarters at 600 3rd Avenue ...

NPR recently aired a program on All Things Considered that looked back, 40 years later, at the massacre of countless students in Mexico City:

The number of civilian casualties reported has ranged between four — in the official count directly after the event — and 3,000. Eyewitnesses recount seeing dozens of bodies and prisoners being trucked away to military bases. But despite efforts by both the student leaders and the special prosecutor to compile the names of the dead, only about 40 have been documented. No siblings, parents or friends of the remaining casualties — if they exist — have come forward to add names to the list.

But new information has come to light through the release of official documents. They reveal that the Presidential Guard — a branch of the military — had posted snipers in the buildings surrounding Tlatelolco Plaza on the...

It had all the trappings of a revolutionary moment: a brutal regime, agitated students and workers, tanks, seized radio stations...

November 14th marks the 35th Anniversary of the 1973 Athens Polytechnic Uprising - a courageous act on the part of Greek students, resisting the military dictatorship of Georgios Papadopoulos. November 17th marks the bloody crushing of the uprising, when the military swarmed the Polytechnic's campus in a night raid, killing dozens and injuring hundreds more as the junta tried to regain control of the situation.

We've often posted on the Greek student moveme...

At Penn State, nationalism doesn't just mean waving flags; it also means building bombs. I got forwarded a great, in-depth article showing the obvious -- and hidden -- influences of the Pentagon on Penn State University.

Voices:

At halftime, attendees were asked to applaud the choice to join the military during a mock swearing-in ceremony held at midfield for high school students who had recently enlisted.

This encroaching militarization of American culture conjured scant resistance. The lone voice of dissent to appear in the area newspapers came from a class of '83 alumnus who attended the game. His fellow letter-to-the-editor writers -- most of whom were students -- roundly dism...