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I. Register for the YCL National School
II. In the News: Iranian Presidential
Elections
III. Mass Action: National (and local)
D.R.E.A.M. Act Graduations and rallies.
IV. Green Workers Collective Struggles for
a Green Economy
I. Register for the YCL
National Marxism-Leninism School
Registration is open for the YCL National
Marxism-Leninism School happening on August 15th-23rd in NYC. Join with
other young people from around the country in discussing the current
economic crisis, the Obama Administration, the fights against racism
and sexism, what does socialism mean for young people today and more!
You can sign up with our online registration
form!
II. In the News: Iranian
Presidential Elections
On Friday, June 12th, 2009 Presidential elections were
held in Iran. The election polls predicted the presidency going to Mr.
Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a refortmist candidate, by a significant majority.
Incumbent President Mahoud Ahmadinejad however, claimed victory by 66%
of the votes with Mousavi receiving only 33% of the votes. Some reports
have claimed that Ahmadinejad won because of rural votes, contradicting
the reality that only 32% of the population is rural. Millions of
Iranians, from all over the country, have been protesting in city
squares, at universities and in main streets over the last week
demanding a new election. Read the Tudeh Party's
Statement.
1. What is the difference between the two candidates?
2. Would the election of a reformist candidate allow for
fundamental change in the Iranian governemt?
3. Why do people on the left support Ahmadinejad?
III. Mass Action:
National (and local) D.R.E.A.M. Act Graduations and rallies.
The D.R.E.A.M. Coalition is holding a national
graduation for many senators and other elected officials. The
D.R.E.A.M. Act that, if passed, would allow undocumented immigrants the
right to instate to instate tuition and a path way to citizenship.
Dreamactivist.org lets us know, "The D.R.E.A.M. Act has four basic
requirements which are: You entered the country before the age if 16;
You graduate high school or obtain a GED; You have good moral character
(no criminal record); and You have at least five years of continuous
presence in the US. Find a "graduation" or rally in your area and learn
more at dreamactivist.org
IV. Green Workers
Cooperative Struggles for a Green Economy
NYU-YCL club member, Andrew King, with a group of other
students from the New School developed a youtube video about the Green
Workers Cooperative in the South Bronx. This organizatio, along with
others, is working to combat environmental racism and unemployment in
the South Bronx Community. King says, "Let us look to them as a model
for building a new green-collar economy nationwide, because, as their
slogan states, Your work should not kill you, your community or the
earth..." Want to watch the video? Click on this link or go to
youtube.com, type in monimiddle, then click on "Green Worker
Cooperative Presentation".
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