From ejswoo at gmail.com  Fri Jan  7 09:38:40 2011
From: ejswoo at gmail.com (Yenta Laureate)
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:38:40 -0500
Subject: [recomposingUNC] Public Sector Unions and Students
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FYI Michael Zweig is an economist and friend at Stony Brook University
(SUNY) who is sending out this email on 1) attacks on public sector unions;
2) some of the responses to this which may be of interest.

-Elissa

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*To:* mzweig at notes.cc.sunysb.edu
*Sent:* Fri, January 7, 2011 10:01:46 AM
*Subject:* Democracy Now! segment on public sector unions

Dear Friends and Colleagues

*Democracy Now! *did a half-hour segment yesterday (Thursday, Jan 6) on the
attacks on public sector unions now sweeping the country, with *New York
Times* reporter Steven Greenhouse, *Washington Monthly* writer Art Levine,
and me (Michael Zweig).  Below are the links.  I hope you'll find the
segment interesting and useful to pass on to others who need to understand
what's going on in this regard.

In my last comments in the interview I mention the New Priorities Network <
NewPrioritiesNetwork.org <http://newprioritiesnetwork.org/>> now coming
together as a coalition of labor, community, student, and peace groups to
respond to the budget crises, to Move the Money from war and military
purposes to urgent human needs.  US Labor Against the War is part of this
network.  I hope all who receive this message will get involved in this
campaign to change radically the priorities guiding our country.  This is a
long-term battle that we need to get started as soon as possible.

Please forward this message widely.

with best wishes

Mike

Michael Zweig



*INTERVIEW LINK: *
*
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/1/6/crackdown_on_organized_labor_states_call
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From liz.masondeese at gmail.com  Wed Jan 19 08:18:59 2011
From: liz.masondeese at gmail.com (Liz Mason-Deese)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:18:59 -0500
Subject: [recomposingUNC] Public Forum: OMG! Tuition Hikes? .Budget Cuts?
	HELL NO! 7 pm Monday 1/24
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Date: Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Subject: [uncbudgetcuts] Public Forum: OMG! Tuition Hikes? .Budget Cuts?
HELL NO! 7 pm Monday 1/24
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Students for a Democratic Society Presents?



*OMG! Tuition hikes? Budget Cuts? HELL NO!!*

Come make YOUR voice heard!

*When: Monday January 24**th at** 7 PM*

*Where: *Murphy 104 @ UNC

Having a hard time paying for college with the increased tuition? Know of
someone who may have to drop out because they can't afford the price of
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If so, you're not alone. The budget cuts and tuition hikes are affecting
every single student in the UNC system. Unfortunately, recent proposals have
suggested continuing policies like last years 23% hike in tuition (more than
$1,200 in-state)...only further limiting access to education for today's
students.

Join Students for a Democratic Society for an open discussion on education
changes. This event will include opportunities for questions and discussion
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From nyerere at riseup.net  Wed Jan 19 13:29:21 2011
From: nyerere at riseup.net (nyerere at riseup.net)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:29:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [recomposingUNC] Meeting!
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Hi everyone,

Now that we're all settled in for the semester hopefully, why don't we
have our first meeting?  It sounds like a number of people are assuming
we'll just keep our same time slot: Fridays at 12pm. Does this time slot
still work for people?  Shall we have our first meeting this Friday? Maybe
we can take the opportunity to touch-base, hear what people have been up
to over break, and get caught up on the latest round of student protests,
budget cuts, etc.

Perhaps then we can also finalize a book or two to read for the semester,
and lay out our plan.

Did people decide to meet elsewhere this semester, or shall we re-convene
at Coates building at least for this initial meeting until another venue
is agreed upon?

Looking forward to getting the group going again this semester.

-Yousuf



> Hi all -
>
> I also like the idea of weekly readings and second Yousuf's idea of either
> the Edu-factory book or Marc Bousquet's book. (I read University Inc a
> couple of years ago and it's good but I think all of it's main points are
> probably fairly obvious to us).
>
> I'd also propose a team or small subgroup of folks to get together to talk
> about blog/website stuff - it's something I would like to do but I also
> don't want to be making decisions on my own about it.
>
> As for more "fun" things - I have the documentary from the NYU grad
> student
> strike a few years ago if folks want to get together and watch that one
> evening?
>
> We should perhaps also talk about how to draw more folks in for next
> semester?
>
> take care,
> Liz
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Katie Akin <akinkatie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, rUNC!
>>
>> I like the idea of weekly readings, and covering a book or two over the
>> semester. I would also like to plan more "happy hour" or "family" style
>> RecomposingUNC meetings. As for the readings, I think it is a great idea
>> to
>> start with the Edu-factory book that Yousuf proposed. The fact that
>> those
>> chapters are available in pdf format already will make it easier for
>> people
>> to jump in and participate.
>>
>> Hope everyone is well and enjoying the break!
>>
>> Sending the best wishes to you and your loved ones--
>>
>> Katie
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Yenta Laureate <ejswoo at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a book someone gave me (yes the randomness factor) that was
>>> reviewed by the NY Times called "The Lost Soul of Higher Education" - I
>>> can
>>> skim it to give a very short report on it since it is from the point of
>>> view
>>> of faculty that don't want the university to go to a corporate model.
>>>
>>> I'm good with the books below; i've heard good things about them.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yousuf Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:12:00 -0800 (PST)
>>>> > I'd like to propose we pick one book and read it this semester. I
>>>> have
>>>> > two proposals: Either Marc Busquet's HOW THE UNIVERSITY WORKS or
>>>> > Edu-factory's edited collection called TOWARD A GLOBAL AUTONOMOUS
>>>> > UNIVERSITY.
>>>>
>>>> Another book to consider is "University, Inc":
>>>>
>>>> http://books.google.com/books?id=MD3dj8Hz7h0C
>>>>
>>>> I'll look for freeware.
>>>>
>>>> FWIW, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Recomposingunc mailing list
>>>> Recomposingunc at lists.resist.ca
>>>> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/recomposingunc
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Recomposingunc mailing list
>>> Recomposingunc at lists.resist.ca
>>> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/recomposingunc
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Recomposingunc mailing list
>> Recomposingunc at lists.resist.ca
>> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/recomposingunc
>>
>>
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> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/recomposingunc
>




From pav1thrav at yahoo.com  Fri Jan 21 08:02:24 2011
From: pav1thrav at yahoo.com (Pavithra Kathanadhi)
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:02:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [recomposingUNC] Meeting TODAY
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hi all,
I'm assuming we'll meet at Coates at noon today (Friday) to get things going. 
hope to see everyone there!
Pavithra





________________________________
From: "nyerere at riseup.net" <nyerere at riseup.net>
To: Liz Mason-Deese <liz.masondeese at gmail.com>
Cc: recomposingunc at lists.resist.ca
Sent: Wed, January 19, 2011 4:29:21 PM
Subject: [recomposingUNC] Meeting!


Hi everyone,

Now that we're all settled in for the semester hopefully, why don't we
have our first meeting?  It sounds like a number of people are assuming
we'll just keep our same time slot: Fridays at 12pm. Does this time slot
still work for people?  Shall we have our first meeting this Friday? Maybe
we can take the opportunity to touch-base, hear what people have been up
to over break, and get caught up on the latest round of student protests,
budget cuts, etc.

Perhaps then we can also finalize a book or two to read for the semester,
and lay out our plan.

Did people decide to meet elsewhere this semester, or shall we re-convene
at Coates building at least for this initial meeting until another venue
is agreed upon?

Looking forward to getting the group going again this semester.

-Yousuf



> Hi all -
>
> I also like the idea of weekly readings and second Yousuf's idea of either
> the Edu-factory book or Marc Bousquet's book. (I read University Inc a
> couple of years ago and it's good but I think all of it's main points are
> probably fairly obvious to us).
>
> I'd also propose a team or small subgroup of folks to get together to talk
> about blog/website stuff - it's something I would like to do but I also
> don't want to be making decisions on my own about it.
>
> As for more "fun" things - I have the documentary from the NYU grad
> student
> strike a few years ago if folks want to get together and watch that one
> evening?
>
> We should perhaps also talk about how to draw more folks in for next
> semester?
>
> take care,
> Liz
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Katie Akin <akinkatie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, rUNC!
>>
>> I like the idea of weekly readings, and covering a book or two over the
>> semester. I would also like to plan more "happy hour" or "family" style
>> RecomposingUNC meetings. As for the readings, I think it is a great idea
>> to
>> start with the Edu-factory book that Yousuf proposed. The fact that
>> those
>> chapters are available in pdf format already will make it easier for
>> people
>> to jump in and participate.
>>
>> Hope everyone is well and enjoying the break!
>>
>> Sending the best wishes to you and your loved ones--
>>
>> Katie
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Yenta Laureate <ejswoo at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a book someone gave me (yes the randomness factor) that was
>>> reviewed by the NY Times called "The Lost Soul of Higher Education" - I
>>> can
>>> skim it to give a very short report on it since it is from the point of
>>> view
>>> of faculty that don't want the university to go to a corporate model.
>>>
>>> I'm good with the books below; i've heard good things about them.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yousuf Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:12:00 -0800 (PST)
>>>> > I'd like to propose we pick one book and read it this semester. I
>>>> have
>>>> > two proposals: Either Marc Busquet's HOW THE UNIVERSITY WORKS or
>>>> > Edu-factory's edited collection called TOWARD A GLOBAL AUTONOMOUS
>>>> > UNIVERSITY.
>>>>
>>>> Another book to consider is "University, Inc":
>>>>
>>>> http://books.google.com/books?id=MD3dj8Hz7h0C
>>>>
>>>> I'll look for freeware.
>>>>
>>>> FWIW, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Recomposingunc mailing list
>>>> Recomposingunc at lists.resist.ca
>>>> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/recomposingunc
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Recomposingunc mailing list
>>> Recomposingunc at lists.resist.ca
>>> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/recomposingunc
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Recomposingunc mailing list
>> Recomposingunc at lists.resist.ca
>> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/recomposingunc
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
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> Recomposingunc at lists.resist.ca
> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/recomposingunc
>


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