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On Saturday I linked to an essay on the New School occupation that had been written by an anarchist student who participated in the takeover. This morning I see that there’s a post up at the New School In Exile blog taking issue with some of that student’s claims, particularly regarding the role of the Radical Student Union in the sit-in. Go read ’em both.
The morning also brings a piece on the demonstration from Inside Higher Education, as well as a shorter piece from the Chronicle of Higher Education blog.
Links from the student protest at the New School:
The website and blog of “The New School In Exile,” organizers/participants in the recently ended sit-in and associated actions.
A roundup of media coverage of the protests.
The text of the agreement between the protesters and university president Bob Kerrey.
An essay by one of the protesters on the lessons he learned in the sit-in.
A clip from Brian Lehrer’s talk show on New York public radio, in which he talks with one of the protesters’ media liaisons.
A Flickr slideshow of the protest, and another set of photos. (Several other photosets are up at NYC Indymedia.)
New School president Bob Kerrey’s new blog.
I’ll be keeping an eye out for more resources and links. Feel free to pass additional ones along in comments.
Students at NYC’s New School have ended a 30-hour sit-in at a campus dining hall, after winning concessions from university president Bob Kerrey.
The students had initially demanded Mr. Kerrey’s resignation, but after internal discussions they replaced that demand with four others: student participation in the selection of a new provost, establishment of a new campus committee on socially responsible investment, changes in use of space in university buildings, and amnesty for all student protesters.
The protest ended at 3:30 this morning, an hour after the students got word that Kerrey had accepted their demands.
Saturday Update: I’ve posted a roundup of resources and information on the New School protests.
“This article is being written with the belief that our experiences can be absorbed and used, and, what is most important, the Movement can go on to higher levels, evading old mistakes in order to commit the mistakes of the future.”
— Mark Rudd, President of Columbia University Students for a Democratic Society, 1969.
“Student government is a broken reed. If actual, it is capricious, impulsive, and unreliable; if not, it is a subterfuge and pretense.”
— Andrew S. Draper, President of the University of Illinois, 1904.
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