Academic Freedom and the New McCarthyism: AP WORKSHOP on Mon 3/14!!!

By Alyson S., on March 11th, 2011%

The Adjunct Project’s new Workshop Series presents…

ACADEMIC FREEDOM and the NEW McCARTHYISM

Monday, March 14 @ 6:30pm

CUNY Graduate Center, Concourse Room 201 (basement level)

365 Fifth Avenue B/D/F/M/N/Q/R to 34th St-Herald Square

Panel and discussion featuring:

Frances Fox Piven Professor of Political Science and Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center, author of Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America Ashley Dawson Professor of English, CUNY Graduate Center, co-editor of Dangerous Professors: Academic Freedom and the National Security Campus Carol Smith Retired faculty, The City College of New York, curator of the online exhibit “The Struggle for Free Speech at CCNY, 1931-42″ Kristofer Petersen-Overton Adjunct Lecturer of Political Science, Brooklyn College.

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Our university is once again under attack. Two opponents of academic freedom, Glenn Beck and NY Assemblyman Dov Hikind, have recently targeted CUNY faculty members Frances Fox Piven and Kristofer Petersen-Overton, respectively, in the . . . → Read More: Academic Freedom and the New McCarthyism: AP WORKSHOP on Mon 3/14!!!

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ALL OUT ON THURSDAY!!!

By Calvin S., on January 31st, 2011%

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Important Union Meeting: NOVEMBER 4TH!!!

By adjunctproject, on September 29th, 2010%

The Professional Staff Congress (PSC)–the union which represents contingent (and all) employees teaching at CUNY–will have meetings on THURSDAY OCTOBER 21ST and NOVEMBER 4TH to discuss the demands they’ll make for the new contract with CUNY. The PSC and the Adjunct Project encourage all individuals teaching at CUNY to attend.

The meeting, called a Delegate Assembly, is open to all PSC Members. If you teach at CUNY, you pay dues, and by filling out a brief card you become a member, and can then vote on the upcoming contract. The Adjunct Project will have union membership cards available at the meeting.

SIGN THE CONTRACT DEMANDS PETITION <———–HERE!!!!!!!!!!

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October 7th: National Day of Actions to Defend Public Education

By Alyson S., on September 17th, 2010%

http://www.defendeducation.org/

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