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SRR from 10-22-04Lakeoff, Chompsky

Speeches from a recent event remembering the 1969 City College Student Strike led by Black and Puerto Rican students that established Open Admissions at CUNY.

Also see: our April 16 show, where CUNY activists packed the studio to relate history and strategy for the present.

Excerpts from Rise Up Radio's May 5 2004 show, featuring:

* Queer youth and their allies speak -- spoken word from an open mic held last week by Urban Word and Project Reach;

* Speeches from a recent event remembering the 1969 City College Student Strike led by Black and Puerto Rican students that established Open Admissions at CUNY.

With hosts Slabtzu, Q, Doug

Rockefeller Reform - this year\'s efforts to Drop the Rock.
Guest:
Michael Blane, Policy Director at the Drug Policy Alliance (www.drugpolicy.org) and Coordinator of Real Reform 2004 (www.realreform2004.org), a coalition of organizations working to over turn the Rockefeller Drug Laws.

$5.15 is Not Enough - raising New York\'s minimum wage.
Guest:
Eva Bonime, coordinator of the Minimum Wage Campaign for the Working Families Party of New York (www.515isnotenough.net)

Announcements

In the months since a Court of Appeals order that the state address education underfunding in New York City -- a result of a lawsuit brought by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity -- Albany has done what it does best: nothing. Joining us to discuss the failure to act is:
Samira A. Ahmed, Deputy Director of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (www.cfequity.org)

The NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) has determined that graduate student employees at private universities do *not* have the right to unionize. Joining us to discuss the implications and work ahead:
Nathan Larsen, from Graduate Students Employees United at Columbia University (UAW 2110)

On this edition of Rise Up Radio, we discuss how this year's legislative session in Albany affects young New Yorkers. Featuring:

* youth news;

* breaking news - the NLRB rules against grad students, denying their right to organize unions;

* Campaign for Fiscal Equity and the fight for education justice;

* $5.15 is Not Enough - raising New York's minimum wage;
* Rockefeller Reform - this year's efforts to Drop the Rock.

With hosts Kat Aaron and Nell Geiser

Originally broadcast July 16, 2004 on WBAI-NY