Student movements

Get This Party Started Get This Party Started

Music for America (MfA), a nonprofit group working to get out the youth vote in the hope of unseating George W.

Mar 2, 2004 / Feature / Hillary Frey

Iran’s Tainted Elections Iran’s Tainted Elections

Iran's elections, scheduled for February 20, have provoked the gravest political crisis in that country in twenty years.

Feb 12, 2004 / Juan Cole

You Protest, You Pay You Protest, You Pay

It started with Congress, which in 1998 voted to deny federal financial aid to students with minor drug convictions like marijuana possession. Now the use of financial aid as a...

Oct 16, 2003 / Jamie Pietras

Antiwar Students Rock the Vote Antiwar Students Rock the Vote

Once they snubbed "Republicrats"; now they're set to oust Bush by any means.

Jul 17, 2003 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

Aiding Iran’s Students Aiding Iran’s Students

The Iranian student demonstrations that began on June 10 initially protested plans to privatize Teheran University and to raise tuition. They quickly became a forum for critici...

Jun 26, 2003 / Juan Cole

Alternative Voices on Campus Alternative Voices on Campus

Progressive journals are key in creating a movement, but they lack support.

Jan 30, 2003 / Feature / Emma Ruby-Sachs and Timothy Waligore

The Port Huron Statement at 40 The Port Huron Statement at 40

On its anniversary, two of its authors assess its relevance for today.

Jul 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden and Dick Flacks

Sunshine on Sweatshops Sunshine on Sweatshops

It's been more than three months since twelve Florida State University students were arrested for setting up a "tent city" in front of the school's administration building.

Jul 2, 2002 / Feature / Jenny Stepp

Backbeat in China Backbeat in China

A hundred days ago Wu'er Kaixi was a fugitive.... Yesterday, before an audience of 800 Americans and Chinese at Brandeis University, he showed what brought a 21-year-old Beijing N...

Jun 13, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jeffrey Wasserstrom

The Mideast War Breaks Out on Campus The Mideast War Breaks Out on Campus

One of the biggest problems Palestine's supporters face is anti-Semitism.

May 30, 2002 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

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