Category: Articles
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Why did UNC let me study abroad in an apartheid state?
Why did UNC let me study abroad in an apartheid state? By Ruth Jeffers, UNC ’23 When I decided to study abroad in Israel, I didn’t know I had signed up to live in an apartheid state. An Israeli program promised to teach me about cross-border environmental cooperation on a socialist kibbutz, where politicized identities…
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I don’t want a better candidate. I want no candidate at all.
I don’t want a better candidate. I want no candidate at all. By Anne Eile, Jupiter N. Mars, Saanet After this past spring brought mass unrest and action across the country protesting the U.S. war machine’s arming of Israel — on the streets, targeting weapons manufacturers, at college campuses, the self-immolations of several resistors —…
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ndns of, and for, the people
ndns of, and for, the people By asack a few weeks ago, i logged on to facebook ready to catch up on indian country. personal drama, family pictures, prayer requests, and discourses were all to be expected. one specific conversation caught my eye: the lumbee tribal council recently voted to increase the payment of tribal…
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Glass Idols
Glass Idols By Qahnaarin In Genesis 9, we see God restoring His covenant with Noah after flooding the entire planet. This covenant is brought out of the need for new boundaries between the righteous Noah and God given the unprecedented events prior. God promises that he shall never flood the Earth again and tells Noah…
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Disorientation Debrief
Disorientation Debrief Disorientation was an event hosted by sjp, cjaa, gslp, and other community members, calling attention to the imperialism and violence that UNC’s administration and the US empire defends. While UNC performs business as usual during the first week of classes, students stand in firm opposition to its operations. UNC’s repression of organizing will…
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UNC SJP student speech to UNC admin in response to unilateral suspension
UNC SJP student speech to UNC admin in response to unilateral suspension Author’s note — 07/25/24: I delivered this speech to six UNC administrators and a police officer in a hearing on June 20th, 2024. That committee then decided to uphold the authoritarian suspension it originally enacted without trial two months earlier. I urge you…
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Cluster Hires Will Not Save You
Cluster Hires Will Not Save You By dagwood crabtree Note: This is an offering, something for you to encounter and consider. If you find it helpful, put it in your pocket. If you do not find it helpful, please, put it down. Pick up. Hold. Put down. My argument: Cluster hires are an individualist approach…
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Our Manifesto
Our Manifesto By: The staff of The Outside Agitator: a new radical tradition It appears outsiders only become agitating to our government when they are questioning the power structures that legitimate racialized capitalism. Rev. Matthew V. Johnson ‘A letter of concern to black clergy’ The Outside Agitator: a new radical tradition is a publication founded…
