[lbo-talk] New School occupied

[J T. Ramsay]

We came close to doing something like this around the time Kerrey had  
his Vietnam revelation. We mustered a few protests, talked a lot  
about Mobilization, which was considered the great reform moment in  
New School history, and then it kind of fizzled out when the actual  
process of unionizing grad students got tricky (i.e. UAW leaflet  
bombing and dividing our organization efforts against those they were  
doing at NYU.) James is right that everyone would be on break now,  
which makes me wonder who is actually occupying the space and what  
schools they are from predominantly. I mean, I doubt the Parsons  
students are spearheading this effort, though I could be wrong.

I'm surprised that the faculty was able to finally agree that Kerrey  
was effing with their mojo, and that it rated an article in the  
Times. It only took eight years.

On Dec 19, 2008, at 5:14 AM, James Heartfield wrote:


> I hear that most of the students have already gone home for the  
> holidays. If so, that seems like a problem. Are the students  
> indulging in a big gesture whose grandiosity is in inverse  
> proportion to its support. I did the same, when I was at college.  
> We occupied the admin offices (over nursery provision) and got the  
> occupation voted on in smaller and smaller meetings. Eventually, as  
> the Easter Holidays came, we die-hards insisted that principle came  
> first and that we would not back down. The rest of the students  
> happily endorsed our martyrdom, and went home, leaving about fifty  
> of us holding the building. In time of course, we were thrown out,  
> and I and six others were suspended from the college for a year.
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J T. Ramsay
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