A Birthday Well-Spent Protesting Trump
I woke up to my obnoxious—but necessary—alarm at 4:00 AM on January 21, 2017 with excitement as I shoved my significant other, Jaron, out of bed. It was my 27th birthday. We sleepily got ready, suiting […]
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Manifesto for the Majority
Dr. Colleen Lutz Clemens and Dr. Amanda Lynch Morris are both associate professors at Kutztown University, but also hold the positions of Director of Women and Gender Studies and KU APSCUF chapter president respectively. This […]
12 Actions You Can Take Now to Protect Civil Liberties under Trump
On Wednesday night, folks in Pittsburgh held an emergency meeting called “Let’s Unite To Stop President Trump,” followed by a protest outside. Several hundred people showed up to the meeting, quickly filling up the small […]
I Promise to Fight Like Hell
I cried a lot over the past couple of days. I cried watching thousands of parents with their children and grandchildren placing “I Voted” stickers on the headstone of Susan B. Anthony, and I cried […]
Faculty Union To Make “Important Announcement” in Facebook Live Event, Friday 9/23 @ 10:30am
APSCUF, the faculty union representing faculty at the 14 universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), announced a short time ago that union leaders will have an “important announcement” at a press […]
Urgency of Raising the Minimum Wage: An Interview with Drew Mattei of 15Now
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared over at Lehigh Valley Vanguard, a new progressive visual and literary publication based out of Easton, PA. Marlana Eck is the founder and Editor of the Lehigh Valley Vanguard. Be […]
Rick Smith Talks with Larry Hanley, President of ATU, about Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s Assault on Workers | March 3, 2015
Larry Hanley, President of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) joins Rick to talk about the assault on workers and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s comments comparing union workers to terrorists. Listen to Larry’s Interview Here
RAGING MONDAY! Kevin Mahoney and Rick Smith Talk about PASSHE’s Underhanded Plans to Hike Tuition & the Kick Off to National Adjunct Action Week | February 23, 2015
Kevin Mahoney Editor Zero and founder of the Raging Chicken Press lays out the recent plot by University President to raise tuition while not raising tuition. Both ways the students and their families lose. Also, […]
Flipping Some Tables
Editor’s Note: This was originally published on @GracieG’s blog, The Unarmed Education Mercenary. Check out her blog for excellent posts on higher education labor and the growing adjunct activist movement. A few weeks ago, I […]
So Long and Thanks for All the Dry Erase Markers – A Teacher on Retiring at Age 27
Editor’s Note: This is the first in what we hope to be many articles by Marlana Eck. Marlana is the founder and editor of the brand-spanking-new publication, Lehigh Valley Vanguard. The mission of the Lehigh […]