Anti-War / War + Peace

CHARTER SCHOOLS: A PUBLIC FORUM

What: Overview, analysis and open discussion of charter schools led by Dr. Shawgi Tell and Dr. Mark Garrison. All perspectives encouraged and welcome. Light refreshments

When: Thursday, May 26, 6:30 - 8:30pm

Where: School Without Walls, 480 Broadway

Michael Bakunin, the 19th century anarchist, identified what he called cooperation—associations for consumption, credit, and production—as distinguished by two opposing currents—one bourgeois and the other socialist.[1] He defines bourgeois cooperation as, “the … practice of exploiting labor through capital.” Of socialist cooperation, he writes, “…we know that [cooperation] will prosper, developing itself fully and freely,

To Celebrate May Day (International Workers’ Day) this year, Rochester Indymedia is hosting another spectacular Sunday morning brunch fundraiser! Your sliding scale donation of $5 - $10 (no one turned away for lack of funds) goes toward:

The Rochester Anarchist Discussion and Debate Series will start Thursday April 28th at 6:30pm at the Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St. Rochester, NY 14608)

On behalf of the College at Brockport’s Student Social Work Organization, fellow student Sue Dickinson and I organized Tent City this semester. Tent City is a campus event dedicated to bringing awareness to homelessness and how everyone is affected by this devastating epidemic. Sue, I and other volunteers spent the night on the main campus in tents and sleeping bags. A rally was held on April 14 at 6:00 p.m.

Students and community members showed up in force to the April 12th Rochester School Board meeting to oppose the proposed 2011-2012 budget which would cut 908 teaching positions district-wide and further defund arts education.

School of the Arts students organized a march from the liberty pole to central office. The loud and energetic march met with lots of support from the onlookers downtown.

At the school board meeting, approximately 100 students, teachers, parents, community members and activists articulated reasons why the Brizzard's Budget is unacceptable.