US Vets and Iraq's Right to Heal

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Friday March 28, 2014 · 9:55 AM PDT

2014/03/28 · 09:55

A US veteran, and Iraqi activist, and Phil Donahue walk into a building. George Bush runs out the back door.

Two US vets sat down with two Iraqi anti-war activists, several academics, and Phil Donahue on Wednesday to discuss the war in Iraq. This actually happened, and the two-hour discussion was both magical and extremely sad.

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University of California Protests - More To Come

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Saturday November 21, 2009 · 9:52 AM PST

2009/11/21 · 09:52

I wrote yesterday of the tuition increases and the student protests which followed. http://www.dailykos.com/...

Another diary came online last night featuring some really excellent video taken from the protests at UC Berkeley.
http://www.dailykos.com/...

Today I hope to discuss and to show what exactly happened over these last few days, and to promise you all that this isn't over.

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Friday November 20, 2009 · 2:52 PM PST

2009/11/20 · 14:52

The Regents of the University of California voted on Wednesday to increase tuition 32%. In response many students have begun protesting. Students are currently occupying building in UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UC Santa Cruz, and an occupation at UC Davis was broken up last night after 52 protestors were arrested.

Tuition was increased at the beginning of the school year and will be increased more than $500 next term, and over $1000 at the beginning of next year. This does not include costs for fees, books, and housing. For a comparison, when the Chancellor of UC Davis (Linda Katehi) was a student in the University of California, she paid $234 per quarter. These tuition increases are being coupled with furloughts for staff & faculty, while the Chancellor is being paid some $500,000 a year, plus allowances and benefits.

I will try and keep this diary updated, apologize if this resembles a series of twitter updates rather than a well thought out diary.

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