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In the News (Fri 29 Aug 08)

  
  INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ACTION IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE STUDENTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Students and youth have, of course, played a significant role in many national liberation movements around the world and in some cases, student action was crucial in ending colonial oppression or overthrowing corrupt dictatorial regimes.
Student organisations must develop and preserve broadest unity in anti-apartheid action in support of the united resistance by the oppressed people of South Africa, and overcome all moves to divide their ranks.
Student action in support of the struggles of students and people of southern Africa has a long history and has made a very significant contribution to the international movement of solidarity with the struggle for liberation in southern Africa.
www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/campaigns/student.html   (5674 words)

  
 Student Liberation Front - Definition, explanation
The Student Liberation Front (SLF), a secret group founded predominantly to cause mischief and humor, was first noticed during the late 1980s and early 1990s, generally at colleges and universities in the San Francisco Bay Area.
One of the most famous pranks pulled off by the group occurred during the early morning of what was to be the grand opening of De Anza College's new 4-story parking structure.
The identity of the members of the SLF have never been revealed, although many suspect a handful of former activist students from several Bay Area colleges and universities who have since graduated and gone on to lead successful lives in corporate and public organizations throughout the nation.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/st/student_liberation_front.php   (222 words)

  
 PMW - Latest Bulletins
2- The United Left-Wing Student Group, which is a coalition between the Students’ Action Front that is the student framework of the Popular Front [for the Liberation of Palestine]*, and the Progressive Students Front - that is the student framework of the Democratic Front [for the Liberation of Palestine]*.
Chairman of Al-Kutlah Al-Islamiyyah (Hamas) and of the Student Council at Bir Zeit University.
Hamas activist and a student at Al-Najah University.
www.pmw.org.il /USAID.html   (4754 words)

  
 The Daily Californian
Saying the group is becoming an "empty mockery of real dissenting voice," members of the third world Liberation Front announced this week in an open letter that they have disbanded.
The liberation front is a student organization that gained prominence less than a year ago when it organized in response to suggested budget cuts to UC Berkeley's ethnic studies department.
Frank Wilderson, a UC Berkeley graduate student and liberation front organizer, said the group is dissolving partly because its members are disillusioned with demonstrating within the university structure.
www.dailycal.org /printable.php?id=1653   (581 words)

  
 glbtq >> social sciences >> Student Organizations
Although students attracted to others of the same sex had developed semi-private meeting places and informal social networks at many colleges and universities since at least the early twentieth century, the first formally recognized gay student organizations were not established until the late 1960s.
With Donaldson's assistance, Student Homophile League branches were chartered at Cornell University and New York University in 1968 and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the spring of 1969.
But despite their expressed commitment to women's liberation, many of the gay student groups were dominated by men and often privileged male concerns, to the exclusion of the needs of lesbians and bisexual women.
www.glbtq.com /social-sciences/student_organizations.html   (874 words)

  
 STUDENT HOLIDAYS - VELIKO TURNOVO, BULGARIA
During the years of Ottoman rule it is a fortress of the Bulgarian national spirit and one of the centres of the struggle for liberation.
The main entrance is to the west, one passes three consecutive gates each of which is defended by a battle-tower and the rock in front of the first is cut so that a draw-bridge could be put and then withdrawn.
The monastery is one of the revolutionary centres during the years of the struggle for national liberation.
www.studentholidays.com /bg/bg19.htm   (1748 words)

  
 Self Determination - Manifesto of Tamil United Liberation Front 1977
In the same manner, the Tamil United Liberation Front views the forthcoming general election as an opportunity to obtain the mandate of the Tamil Nation and on the basis of its right to self-determination, re-establish the independence of the State of Tamil Eelam, the expression of the sovereignty of the Tamil Nation.
In the sphere of education, it was in the university admissions of 1970 that the gravest injustice was perpetrated against the Tamil speaking students.
As a result, the student community was driven to the brink of frustration and engulfed by anxiety about their future Could anyone deny that the Sinhalese reign that has been responsible for the grave injury should be ended if this generation of youth is to live as human beings brimming with self-confidence.
www.tamilnation.org /selfdetermination/tamileelam/7707tulfmanifesto.htm   (6260 words)

  
 The Technology Liberation Front: The Reluctant Libertarian
Liberal political theory must first recognize and understand it before it can begin to renegotiate its agenda for the liberal state, progressive or otherwise.
Liberals can be excited about it to the extent that it's an alternative to having the big, evil corporations do stuff, but it doesn't leave much room for their political program.
Posted by: Law Student at October 4, 2006 5:02 PM Tim: while I do agree that Lessig is fairly lefty, his upbraiding of Declan was not for being a libertarian per se, but for believing in the delusion that the net was ungoverned/ungovernable.
www.techliberation.com /archives/040803.php   (1690 words)

  
 In memoru of Col. Alamu Qixxeessa
Amnesty International is concerned that the arrested students, some of whom may be prisoners of conscience, may be ill-treated or tortured, and may be held for a long time without charge or trial.
Considering that the students are fighting for Oromo rights, the OLF called on Oromos to assist the mothers and fathers of the students in any way they could.
Finally, the front called on members of Oromo people serving the enemy, particularly those in the army and police, to refrain from harming their brethren who were fighting for the liberation of their nation, and instead turn their weapons on the weyane.
www.geocities.com /hasf4/Oromia/News/StudentProtests.html   (1598 words)

  
 Student Liberation Front - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Student Liberation Front (SLF), a secret group founded predominantly to cause mischief and humor, was first noticed during the late 1980s and early 1990s, generally at colleges and universities in the San Francisco Bay Area.
One of the most famous pranks pulled off by the group occurred during the early morning of what was to be the grand opening of De Anza College's new 4-story parking structure.
The identity of the members of the SLF have never been revealed, although many suspect a handful of former activist students from several Bay Area colleges and universities who have since graduated and gone on to lead successful lives in corporate and public organizations throughout the nation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Student_Liberation_Front   (268 words)

  
 No Compromise: The Militant, Direct Action Newspaper of Animal Liberationists & Their Supporters
Additionally, because students are geographically concentrated over a comparatively small number of buildings, student activists can maintain an extremely high level of face-to-face visibility.
NYU student activists avoid being hampered by these policies by either making other local organizations the official demonstration sponsor or by using an ad-hoc name such as NYU Students against Animal Cruelty, as opposed to the formally recognized Students for Education on Animal Liberation.
Student animal rights groups, with proper planning, can help make animal rights one of the most powerful social justice movements of the 21st century.
www.nocompromise.org /issues/11student.html   (1936 words)

  
 Oromia Online News
Ethiopia denies battle with OLF rebels - Ethiopia's senior army commander on Wednesday denied allegations by the rebel Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) that its forces were fighting the army in the west of the country.
Ethiopian students remain defiant - Ethiopian students are leaving the Addis Ababa University campus after attempts by the university authorities to end the two-month class boycott finally failed.
Liberating the Oromo People For Stability, Peace, and Development  In the Horn of Africa - A lasting peace, stability and development cannot be achieved in the Horn of Africa until and unless the tyranny of current Ethiopian regime is brought to an end.
www.oromia.org /News.htm   (3395 words)

  
 Stapler Liberation Front - Davis Wiki
Their leader stands in front of the room, and addresses the crowd: "In the name of the Stapler Liberation Front, and for the good of the students of Davis, we present this computer lab with a stapler!" he shouts.
They are elected to represent the student body, and as this is an issue affecting the student body, their duty is to resolve the issue.
GL does not believe in sarcasm, that is why he is the President of the Agnostic and Atheist Student Association.
www.daviswiki.org /Stapler_Liberation_Front   (3572 words)

  
 Thoughts on professionalism outside of the workplace - Student Doctor Network Forums
Rarely in front of my boss, coworkers and fellow students while at work/school, I may let my hair down a little (meaning, I would relax a little but would still be within the range of normal professional conduct).
This happened to a friend of mine, actually — she went with a bunch of guys to a strip club (the whole group was med students, and the guys regularly went).
I know of a case very peripherally where a first year student was suspended with possibility of explusion because of his blog, which apparently contained criticisms of medicine and his school.
forums.studentdoctor.net /showthread.php?t=275441   (3108 words)

  
 The ALF Primer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
After the jailing of two Band of Mercy members in 1975, word spread, support grew, and the Animal Liberation Front was begun in 1976.
Members of the Animal Liberation Front act directly to stop animal suffering, at the risk of losing their own freedom.
If your first action is a liberation of a large laboratory with high security you are going to have problems.
animalliberationfront.us /ALFront/ALFPrime.htm   (3236 words)

  
 1960s: Youth demand lesbian, gay rights
The rising resistance of national liberation movements in the 1960s around the globe—from Asia to Africa, North America to South America—many of them led by communists, helped inspire a militant era of battle for gay liberation.
In South Vietnam, the National Liberation Front’s Tet Offensive, which surprised and battered the Pentagon force, was the turning point in the war.
There, the demand for gay liberation did not arise in the same way it had in the U.S.—where brutal police raids on transgender/lesbian/gay people in bars or restaurants sparked spontaneous rebellions on both the West and East Coast during the 1960s.
www.workers.org /2006/us/lavender-red-61   (754 words)

  
 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Terrorist Group of Sri Lanka
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), arguably the most lethal and well organised terrorist group in the world, began its armed campaign in Sri Lanka for a separate Tamil homeland in 1983.
Violence escalated in Jaffna from 1972 onwards, beginning with the publication of a new constitution seen by the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) as anti-Tamil.
While the Vituthalai Pulikal Makalir Munani (Women's Front of the Liberation Tigers) was formed in 1983, women began combat training in 1985.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/shrilanka/terroristoutfits/LTTE.HTM   (2230 words)

  
 Despair and democracy
Considered untouchables by the Hindu people of the plains, the growth of Church-led education, and political awareness in the hills represented a serious challenge to the ambitions of traditional elites.
At that time, NSCN and United Kuki Liberation Front cadre had disarmed his escort and forced him to sign cheques for Rs.44,80,000 - District Rural Development Agency money meant for development projects.
Students from the hill tribes at Chura Chandpur note that their college has just four part-time science teachers, because academics from the plains do not wish to serve there.
www.frontlineonnet.com /fl2112/stories/20040618000106500.htm   (1945 words)

  
 Gay Bears: Gay Liberation Movement
During the Fall Quarter of 1969 two new student organizations were formed on the Berkeley campus: the Students for Gay Power and the Gay Liberation Front, among the first gay liberation groups in the country.
During the Fall Quarter of 1969 students picketed, calling for an end to the efforts of campus police to suppress homosexual activity within the environs of the gym.
By Spring Quarter of 1970, the Students for Gay Power had changed their name to the Gay Students Union, and had begun to distance themselves from the Gay Liberation Front, pursuing a more moderate approach to social change.
sunsite.berkeley.edu /gaybears/gaylib   (660 words)

  
 Ban on student politics is a must!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
A student, who does not have any shelter in and around the university area and who comes from remote areas of the country, would look for a roof over head from where he can apply for a room or find another suitable accommodation.
A senior student, usually involved with student politics, would come forward and help them with the paperwork needed for getting accommodation in the dormitory and offer them shelter (most of the time, on floor of a room), for some days, until he gets accommodation.
If there is any hope for this unfortunate nation it has to be the student (not the student politics) of today who, after completion of their studies, will lead the nation tomorrow towards a better future.
www.e-mela.com /lekha/article/Amir_Ban_Student_Politics_20030320.html   (1463 words)

  
 Earth Liberation Front | ELF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In February 2002, Rosebraugh was subpoenaed and appeared in front of the US Congress in a subcommittee hearing on "ecoterrorism." He pled the Fifth Amendment at the proceeding to 54 out of 56 questions, effectively stonewalling the hearing.
A Caltech graduate student, William Cottrell, was later convicted and sentenced to prison in the case.Had Connole's suit gone to trial, the FBI would have been up against testimony from a former federal prosecutor who said she warned an FBI supervisor that his agents had no probable cause to arrest Connole.
Barbarash was the press officer for the Animal Liberation Front while he was under investigation, but he stepped down from the position years ago and moved to a small town on the coast.
www.earthliberationfront.com /main.shtml   (9604 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Home - Editorials: The message to students and to members of the public on the third floor ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The message to students and to members of the public on the third floor of a main building on the City College campus is loud, clear and abominable.
It is the students' American-given right to speak and associate as they wish.
Black Liberation Army, and two comrades were pulled over on the Jersey Turnpike in 1973.
www.nydailynews.com /front/story/479425p-403131c.html   (722 words)

  
 Gay Liberation Front - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gay Liberation Front (GLF) was the name of a number of Gay Liberation groups, the first of which was formed in New York City in 1969, immediately after the Stonewall riots.
One of the GLF's first acts was to organize a march in response to Stonewall, and to demand an end to the persecution of homosexuals.
When Louis Eaks, a leading member of the Young Liberals, was arrested for cottaging on Highbury Fields, Islington, the GLF decided to protest.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gay_Liberation_Front   (477 words)

  
 March 5th Strike at SF State : SF Indymedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Assemble in Malcom X Plaza at Noon for a rally with speakers and guerilla theatre.
Students are also encouraged to visit the Military Recruiters in the Career Fair in Jack Adams Hall and throw away their fliers.
Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere.
sf.indymedia.org /print.php?id=1579367   (93 words)

  
 Oromo Liberation Front
Their age, education, and the fact that they are found in large numbers in one campus in close proximity, makes student to be less tolerant of oppression.
Oromo students today are raising broad political questions; they are grappling with larger societal issues and articulating the demands and wishes of the Oromo population.
Oromo students in, Finfinne, Jimma, Haro Mayaa, Makele, Bahr Dar, Gonder, Awasa universities and colleges, and high school students in Ambo, Baakko, Baddessa, Badelle, Ciro, Dambi Dollo, Diree Dhawa, Galamso, Gimbi, Guder, Hirnaa, Innaango, Kiltu Kaarraa, Jimmaa, Mandi, Moojoo, Najjo, Naqamte, Shaambu, Warra Jaarso should be commended for their heroic acts.
www.oromoliberationfront.org /News/Long_Live.htm   (1283 words)

  
 World Affairs Board - Scenes from Kashmir (in the news)
As many as dozens of students of Public School and College Gilgit held protest against the teaching of controversial curriculum in educational institutions.
The Jamaat-e-Islami is reported to have set up this terrorist front at the prodding of ISI, as an Islamic counter to the JKLF, which is secular terrorist outfit with an indigenous cadre base.
Both the Fronts trace their origin to the Jammu and Kashmir National Liberation Front (JKNLF).
www.worldaffairsboard.com /printthread.php?t=6004   (7055 words)

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