Occupy UMich: Archive

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The University of Michigan and Dow Chemical are... →

Apr 22nd

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“Anyone’s education benefits everyone.”

– Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist and an undocumented immigrant speaking at the University of Michigan about the plight of undocumented students and tuition inequality

Apr 16th

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Apr 15th

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Apr 12th

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Financial Aid Teach-In. The Cube. Tuesday, April...

To tell you the truth about student loans and university financial aid.

Apr 11th

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University of Michigan: Student Debt and the For...

So, you saw the flyers. What’s up? Well, the University of Michigan is changing for the worse—so much so you can see it in almost every part of the campus. We can see it just walking around, where the student body is more affluent and whiter than ever before (in 2000, 18.4% of Michigan students had a family income of $200k or more…in 2010, 27.6%). We can see it in the classrooms, where there are...

Apr 2nd

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Mar 23rd

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Mar 22nd

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Mar 22nd

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Mar 22nd

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Feminist Ryan Gosling and the Visual Scream

Feminist Ryan Gosling and the Visual Scream stems from our increasing frustration with the politicizing and disciplining of women and their bodies especially as a device to curry political favor and to distract from other issues. In the past several weeks, it has become increasingly apparent that: Politicians feel free to demonize women for having sex and justified in promoting...

Mar 14th

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Mar 14th

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Mar 14th

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Mar 14th

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Mar 14th

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Mar 13th

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Divided It Falls: A Ruling Class Divided Against...

theharbingerum: It is no great secret that the American political system, despite its democratic auspices, is a mechanism for the rule of an elite minority. The past thirty years in particular have seen many brazen examples of this, highlighted by an unprecedented expansion of the gap between rich and poor as social welfare spending was cut to make way for ever greater tax breaks for...

Mar 12th

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Mar 12th

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Mar 9th

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Mar 9th

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Mar 8th

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“The university cannot be an ivory tower, far away from the society, removed from...”

– Che Guevara

Mar 8th

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Mar 7th

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Mar 7th

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“The university cannot be an ivory tower, far away from the society, removed from...”

– Che Guevara

Mar 6th

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University of Virginia Football Player Goes On... →

Mar 6th

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“We have always lived in slums and holes in the wall. We will know how to...”

– Buenaventura Durruti in response to Pierre van Passen’s claim that the revolution will leave the people “sitting on a pile of ruins” (via theharbingerum)

Mar 5th

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