Coming Together to protect the educational commons
Confronting the take over of our public educational systems by the corporate assault on the intellectual commons of our schools throughout the world.
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Digital Library of the Commons (DLC)
From the DLC Website, "The Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) is a gateway to the international literature on the commons. This site contains an author-submission portal; an archive of full-text art ...more
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Africa - Women's education key to Africa's growth
Women's education key to Africa's growth
Mihoko Tsukino / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
Countries around the world, including Japan, have embarked on providing greater assistance for development in ...more
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The Right-Wing Assault on University Campuses
INCREASING-DEMOCRACYProgressive States NetworkThe Right-Wing Assault on University CampusesRight-wing interests have been mounting a political assault on university professors they do not like, led by ...more
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Obama's View of Education
Obama's View of Education
Stuck in Reverse
July 25, 2009
By
Henry A. Giroux
Source: Truthout
Henry A. Giroux ...more
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BP: We Won't Blow You Up, Just Ruin the Planet
Source: BBC News, May 11, 2009
First,
it was British Petroleum. Then, after a multi-million dollar rebranding
as "green," the oil giant renamed itself Beyond Petroleum, or simply BP.
Now, BP s ...more
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The fight for our genes heads to court
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Twenty percent of your body belongs to someone else.
Don't believe us? Check the U.S. Patent Office. Twenty percent of
all human genes have been patented, mostly by private compan ...more
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Crop Scientists Say Biotechnology Seed Companies Are Thwa...
By ANDREW POLLACK
Published: February 19, 2009
Biotechnology companies are keeping university
scientists from fully researching the effectiveness and environmental
impact of the industry’s geneti ...more
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Monsanto U: Agribusiness's Takeover of Public Schools
Monsanto U: Agribusiness's Takeover of Public SchoolsBy Nancy Scola, AlterNetPosted on February 15, 2008, Printed on February 19, 2008http://www.alternet.org/story/76804/I've startled a bug scientist. ...more
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BP - Beyond Petroleum spends less then 5% to actually get...
This hasn’t been the best year for British Petroleum. After the
series of embarrassing pipeline breaks in Alaska, critics say the
British energy giant can no longer claim to be an environmentally
cons ...more
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Science Needs Permission?
Science Needs Permission?
biotechnology
corporations
science
Source: New York Times, February 20, 2009
"Biotechnology
companies are keeping university scientists from fully researching t ...more
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Green Jobs Act of 2007
Green Jobs Act of 2007
Pelosi's plan to save the polar bears -- and poor kids, too ...
Posted by Van Jones at 9:30 AM on 02 Aug 2007
Read more about: politics | legislation | green jobs | Nancy ...more
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French education
French newspaper on French students (high school) protests against the French report on the renewal of the French system
http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2008/04/29/forte-mobilisation-lyceenne- ...more
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Asia - Financing Higher Education in Asia: Patterns, Tren...
The Asian Development
Bank (ADB) is preparing a new policy framework for its work in education. To
provide background information for policy formulation, the ADB commissioned
a series of ...more
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Liberation School: a statement of principles
Liberation
School: a statement of principles
Montreal,
Quebec. 1972.
CONTENTS
Introduction................................................ Page 1
Why not mak ...more
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China - Higher Education in China Undergoing Major Trans...
Jun 04, 2008 13:50 ET
Higher Education in China Undergoing Major Transformation
Education strategy may have global implications
WATERLOO, CANADA--(Marketwire - June
4, 2008) - A major tr ...more
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Ending the neocon privatization of the planet
"2010 02 03
The following is from Wikipedia and describes the original neoliberal experiment in education in Chile in 1990 and subsequent protests starting in 2006 by school students.
http://en.wik" ...more
frankh commented about 1 month ago
How to privatize the university system and get paid for it as you go...
"How to privatize the university system and get paid for it as you go, tell the government money dries up and a government funded “market driven” education system falls apart with the rest of the econ" ...more
frankpatton commented about 1 year ago
A Note on "The Tragedy of the Commons" by Garrett Hardin
"Hey, all:Frank added information on education and the Commons, which prompted me to add to the Group a Resource entitled "The Tragedy of the Commons" by Garrett Hardin. This paper has such broad app" ...more
Sustainab... commented over 2 years ago
ALL Evidence of "Privatization" i.e., "Commericalization"...
"Hey, all:Just a quick note: Everything brought up here--concerns, outrage, evidence, news, etc., are ALL evidence of the scary attempts to privatize schools on all levels and the education they prov" ...more
Sustainab... commented over 2 years ago
using the UC for public relations
"I joined this group hoping that it would be a useful resource for the young people and educators that we work with. In our circle, university students are moving towards establishing their own "" ...more
GoodLifeG... commented over 2 years ago
Bulletin Board
The Corporation -10- Boundary Issues
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Chris Hedges: Zero Point of Systemic Collapse
source: https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/88/chris-hedges.html
Chris Hedges: Zero Point of Systemic Collapse
We stand on the cusp of one of humanity’s most dangerous moments.
8 Feb 2010
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Education is a 'civil right'
Groups planning class-action lawsuit against KDE
By Samantha Swindler / Managing EditorKnox
County parents are joining forces with a Louisville-based organization
and planning a federal laws ...more
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Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo, dies at 87
January 27, 2010 08:20 PM
By Mark Feeney and Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist
who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam ...more
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