#NoKXL
On November 6th the Obama administration publicly rejected
the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The
proposed pipeline Stretching from Canada to Texas would cut through key
indigenous territory protected by treaty. Indigenous peoples have beenorganizing protest and meeting with commissions for years. Yet, indigenous
interest were largely omitted by Obama as a factor in the decision. Credit for
the effort has been largely attributed to white environmentalist when
indigenous organizing work was essential in putting pressure to halt the
pipeline.
#ConcernedStudent1950
University of Missouri President Timothy W. Wolfe resigned
from his position November 9th at an emergency Board of Curators meeting afterweeks of student protesting. Wolfe has been under fire for his failure to
address racially charged issues on campus and his dismissal of student activist
at the university's homecoming parade. UM students have righteously resisted at
every level to push these issues to the national level. One UM student has
staged a hunger strike, alumni had called for a walk-out, and UM football
players have also vowed to strike.
#Bethlehem
Israeli troops reach new lows in Bethlehem early this
November. On November 6th Israeli agents disguised as Palestinian stone
throwers jumped on Palestinian protesters at gun point while plain-clothes
Israeli soldiers shot at the crowd with tear gas canisters and rubber bullets .
Other protesters were hit with live fire. Tactics such as using undercover
Israeli agents have become routine in Bethlehem. At least twenty-six
Palestinian protesters were killed in demonstrations last month.
#POC@IC
A massive walk-out was staged by Ithaca College students on
October 27th. Numerous racially charged incidents on campus including repeated
racial surrs directed towards an alumni panelist at the college's "Blue
Skies" event and a racially themed white supremacist fraternity party have
sparked an up-roar of campus resistance. #POC@IC has since lead numerous
rallies, protest, and walk-outs against Ithaca College president Tom Rochon and
the current administration.
#BerkeleyKKK
Hundreds of students from Berkeley High School in Berkeley,
California walked out November 5th after the discovery of racist threats found
on a school computer. The slurs include "KKK forever public lynching
December 9th 2015" and "I hung a n***** by his neck in my back
yard." It is estimated that over 700 marchers walked from the high school
towards Berkeley City Hall.
#FeesMustFall
Cape Town students from over three Universities stormed the South African Parliament November 9th demanding that they speak to South African President Jacob Zuma. South African students have waged the largest protest in the country's history since Apartheid ended in 1994. The protests come after the announcement by many universities that tuition fees would be raised to over 10%, drastically affecting impoverished Black South African students who cannot afford the increase. The protest has since spread to over 10 campuses #FeesMustFall protesters are now determined to decolonize higher education in South Africa.
THE DECOLONIZER
November 2015
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