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180 - The Movement for Democracy and Education http://www.campusdemocracy.org "Can we pursue democracy and social justice when corporations are allowed to control so much power and wealth?" In recent years, more & more folks have learned that the answer is no. Students in particular, in our many struggles to reform education, expand civil rights, defend human rights, build the labor movement, and protect the environment, have learned that the giant corporation is a great obstacle to social change. Most university Regents and Trustees are the same people who sit on corporate boards. These "leaders" have the interests of their corporations and their stock options, not the students, at heart. Students find that they have no control over their regents or administration, that they are closed out of the circles of power. Tuition is rising rapidly across the nation as more money is diverted from education to fund corporate research labs on campuses. The research is turning away from the arts and basic sciences to applied science and the creation of marketable products. Even when the university creates a product, the patent is often handed over to a private corporation for its sole profit. Meanwhile students find their tuition increasing and their education decreasing. Administrators are taught to view students as products, and corporations as the customers who are always right. Student unions and other campus facilities are handed over to private corporations. Students of color are often turned away by higher tuition or by tracking them into less competative colleges. Resources for women and students of color are defunded and ghettoized, buried away in basements to make room for more important corporate ideas. Universities are being transformed into factories, churning out clones with no understanding of the world or training to challenge it, but only trained in a few specific skills that a particular company demands. The same giant corporations that dominate politics, own the economy, and run the media also control our schools. This is the issue we must face. Without challenging the corporate structure running our colleges and universities and wresting power back into the hands of students, we cannot hope to make progress on other issues. You cannot post to this list. This list is solely for important announcements and updates relating to the 180MDE. For 180MDE's Campus Democracy Discussion list, check out 180-DISCUSS. If you're looking for a general discussion & networking list for anti-corporate activities, check out the CORPORATIONS list. You can find these lists at http://www.corporations.org/lists/ To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the 180-Update Archives.
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