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wm pasz	Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:11 am
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1219 Location: Toronto	Striking professors and teaching assistants at Toronto's York University are blazing a path in the use of digital and conventional media in support of workplace activism. The striking workers, members of Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 3903, scored a huge victory after an 11 week strike in 2001 when a government-supervised final offer vote blew up on their employer. As their current strike enters its fifth week, members of this highly democratic local are using a wide range of media - including video, blogs and more traditional print and artistic media - to get their message out to the community and to stay connected to each other. A video series that borrows from the well known Apple PC vs. Mac television advertisement, was released online this week. _________________ Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else. - Malcolm X
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atuuschaaw	Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:10 pm
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 781 Location: an ahwangan	York Students Demand Presidential Accountability, Occupy Offices Quote: As we write, more than 110 York undergraduate students are joining graduate student members of CUPE 3903 in an occupation of the President’s Office on the 9th floor of the Ross Building at York University. They are demanding that President Mamdouh Shoukri come out, engage them, and address 12 key questions. _________________ "Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." George Orwell
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wm pasz	Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:58 am
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1219 Location: Toronto	Wow, the sit-in continues. The Pres was sighted but said "let them wait" (is that like "let them eat cake?"). These people rock! If you read their blog with the live reports from the sit-in, they seem to be making the most of it. Having an interesting time relating and learning from each other. The thin edge of a 21st century wedge? Possibly. _________________ Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else. - Malcolm X
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wm pasz	Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 7:52 pm
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1219 Location: Toronto	Update: Three months later, it's over. Back to work legislation will be tabled tomorrow. _________________ Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else. - Malcolm X
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