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Prof. Penny Lewis Releases New Book: The City is the Factory
This month marks the release of The City Is The Factory: New Solidarities and Spatial Strategies in an Urban Age, edited by Murphy Prof. Penny Lewis and Miriam Greenberg. Urban public spaces, from the streets and squares of Buenos Aires to Zuccotti Park in New York City, have become the emblematic sites of contentious politics in the…
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With Help from JSMI, NYC Releases Worker Coop Resource Guide
From the Worker Cooperative Resource Guide for Skills and Services New York City, Summer 2017: New York City is seeing a surge of interest in cooperative businesses. It is no wonder. The call for justice will always increase as people experience the rise of injustice. Businesses that are good for the workers and good for…
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Event: Immigration Politics in the Trump Era (5/11)
Date: May 11th, 2017 Time: 10am-6pm Location: Murphy Institute, 25 W. 43rd St., 18th Floor RSVP HERE Co-sponsored by the Scholars Strategy Network and Murphy Institute This all-day conference will assess the unfolding immigration crisis, highlighting the perspectives of labor unions, worker centers, community organizations, and local government. The Trump administration’s efforts to restrict immigration, expand…
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Excelsior: Free Tuition for Whom?
By Steve Brier If you’ve at all been confused about or even impressed by Governor Andrew Cuomo’s widely touted Excelsior Scholarship program that was just voted into law by the New York State legislature, a good place to start to deal with your questions and concerns is Lauren Gurley’s article in the May issue of The…
