For nearly a month, a large swath of University of Puerto Rico students across campuses on the island are striking new policies that limit tuition waivers, among others. They have taken over the main campus leading to its shutdown until at least July 31st.It has received very little coverage in the US news despite the length and vitality of the strike as well as massive support shown by family, friends, professors, unions, artists and many others. This is not the first time students have gone on strike but it certainly has been on of the most vibrant and most important waves. Learn more about the strike and demands on Democracy Now:... >>
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Introduction: The Wu Ming Foundation is a collective of four self-described "guerrilla novelists" based in Bologna, Italy. The collective was born in 1994, when hundreds of European and South American artists, activists, and pranksters hijacked the name of a Black British football player who briefly played as a striker for AC Milan during the 1980s. Blissett, who left Italy after being subjected to racist taunts from fans and players alike, metamorphosed into a multiple-use name or "open reputation" known as the Luther Blissett Project. For their contribution to the Luther Blissett Project, the four writers who are now Wu Ming penned Q, an epic account of radical Anabaptist rebels in central Europe during the 16th century. The novel became... >>
