By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
In a day-long rally, march, and sit-in at the administration building on April 13, 2011, a growing crowd of Cal State University Northridge students protest the ongoing budget cuts and fee hikes across the CSU system. The students are joined by professors, union workers, and Alex Hanna, a leader from the recent Wisconsin capitol protests. The organizers, Students for Quality Education, call for the resignation of CSU Chancellor Charles Reed, whom they refer to as “Chancellor Greed,” for his willingness to slash student services while giving himself repeated salary increases.

Civil rights pioneer Reverend James Lawson, Jr. – who marched with MLK and Cesar Chavez and who trained nonviolent resistors from the lunch counters of 1960 North Carolina to the college students of today – addresses the crowd at Cal State Northridge, as part of the statewide Day of Action for Higher Education, held on March 2, 2011. In the Governor’s new budget, Jerry Brown has proposed $500 million in cuts from the CSU system alone – public education is under assault! Rev. Lawson discusses the proper role of institutions in the life of a society, and exposes the government’s false claims that “we’re out of money.” He closes by encouraging students to make this day’s protest just one part of a meaningful life, filled with actions aimed at creating a better world.

By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
Cal State Northridge students, faculty, alumni, and their supporters rally & march for the future of public higher education in California. Governor Jerry Brown has just proposed $500 million in savage cuts to the CSU system alone, and a staggering $1.4 billion in cuts to education overall. The students respond by turning out in force for this Day of Action. They gain support from Reverend James Lawson, a living legend of the civil rights movement, who has spent the year as a lecturer in residency at CSUN, teaching theory and tactics for nonviolent direct action.

Por JACQUELINE GUZMÁN
EL NUEVO SOL

Miles de estudiantes y profesores se unieron en una sola voz en diferentes ciudades de California para protestar en contra de los recortes de presupuesto y el incremento de las colegiaturas. “Un día de Acción” fue el nombre que se le dio al movimiento de reivindicación del pasado 4 de Marzo donde estudiantes de diferentes niveles educativos, principalmente universidades públicas, marcharon y mostraron su angustia en contra de lo que ellos llaman “injusticia para la educación pública”.

Por JACQUELINE GUZMÁN
EL NUEVO SOL

California podría beneficiarse con más de 16 mil millones de dólares anuales si se legalizara a los inmigrantes latinos no autorizados, de acuerdo al Centro de Estudios para la Integracion de los Inmigrantes (CSII) de la Universidad del Sur de California (USC). En California, existen más de 1.8 millones de adultos indocumentados que aportan a la economía del estado.