[Marxism] Left Hook Updated

["M. Junaid Alam" <mjunaidalam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

 Latest Release: Friday, January 28, 2005

Understanding the Attacks on Pro-Palestinian Professors at Columbia

By Jonah Birch

As the new year begins, the attacks by the right-wing media and
mainstream politicians against professors at Columbia University who are
critical of Israel and the United States have continued unabated. The
current round of assaults began in November of last year following the
release of a movie, Columbia Unbecoming, produced by a Boston-based
Zionist organization, The David Project. Columbia Unbecoming features
interviews with a small number of Zionist activists at Columbia who
claim that they have faced intimidation at the hands of pro-Palestinian
students and professors, especially in the Middle Eastern and Asian
Languages And Cultures (MEALAC) Department.

- (Read full) <http://www.lefthook.org/Ground/Birch012805.html>

The Day We Started Again: Our War for America

Jared McBride

The Democratic Party is dead. Whether it scraps itself together or
rebuilds for another election is irrelevant. We questioned its relevancy
and ability to represent millions of Americans after the pathetic
outcome of the last two elections (2000 and 2002), but with its utter
annihilation delivered in the 2004 elections, we can question no more.
Let me repeat, whether the Democratic Party picks itself up or not does
not concern us.

The 'us' I speak of is the millions of Americans who are against
preventative war. The millions who are against blatant abuse of civil
rights and human rights, who believe a woman has the right to choose
what is best for her own body, and who believe in better wages and
working conditions for America's workers. We are the Americans who
believe religion has a place in America…in churches, mosques, and
temples, not government affairs. We believe that poverty and racism must
be eliminated. We believe the environment must be respected and
corporate rule of our airwaves and daily lives broken. These were not
the beliefs of John Kerry, he was not one of us. He can now go back to
being just another millionaire senator.

- (Read full) <http://www.lefthook.org/Politics/McBride012805.html>

A Report on Protests from Atlanta

Desmond Gadfrey

Two recent events have made Atlanta activists more confident as of late.
The annual Martin Luther King (MLK) March and the local march and rally
against Bush's inauguration were both inspiring events.

The MLK march featured GLBT, environmental, antiwar, and Black Power
contingents that raised relevant political issues in an event that
receives much mainstream coverage and support. These groups provided a
welcome surprise to attendees who expected the usual, but bland, civil
rights and community empowerment messages.

- (Read full) <http://www.lefthook.org/Ground/Gadfrey012805.html>

The Antiwar Student Movement: The Implications of the J20 Walkout

Richard Moreno

The January 20th walkouts were a milestone in the student-youth
movement. It was a veritable step in the reconsolidation of the genuine
and vivacious antiwar-campus struggle that was set into motion on March
5, 2002.

High school and college students walked out from around the globe.
Indeed, as of this writing, news of walkouts from San Francisco to
Seattle to Germany to Canada is over-filling the author's email box.

Here are just a few examples of some student actions.

At Seattle Central Community College, an estimated 500 students managed
to kick military recruiters off their campus during their walkout, and
then the students met up with 500 other students from the University of
Washington (KoinNews6). In Chicago, several hundred Evanston Township
High School students walked out of classes despite threats from the
administration, which charged them with absences (Chicago Tribune). At
Mt. San Antonio College in the Los Angeles area, students who walked out
staged a mock trial of George W. Bush (SGV Tribune). In Colorado, one
Boulder High School student, inspired by the Berkeley Free Speech
Movement, led a walkout alongside of his English teacher (Colorado Daily).

- (Read full) <http://www.lefthook.org/Ground/Moreno012805.html>



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