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New Video: Education at Murphy
“I think Murphy is a special place…in that it’s not just working at a school. It’s not just working at an institute. It’s a political and intellectual project engaged in [a] struggle to make NYC a better place.” – Murphy Prof. Kafui Attoh We’re proud of the educational experience our students get at Murphy. Watch Murphy
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Brooklyn Youth Create Jobs (and Community Roots) Through Local Compost Program
This article was originally featured at YES! Magazine. By Rebecca Nathanson Snow covered most of the ground at El Garden, a community garden in the north Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick. The exception was the area around its three compost bins, shoveled out and made accessible to the six people who were working there. One of
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Mexico Labor Year in Review
This article was first published in Mexican Labor News and Analysis. By Dan La Botz 2015 was another in a series of very bad years for Mexico. Mexican working people continued to experience in 2015 the difficulties of a stagnant economy, the violence of the drug war, repression of the labor and social movements, and
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Orientation Week at Union Semester
Photo features Union Semester Spring 2016 students January 25 saw the arrival of a new crop of Union Semester students to the Murphy Institute. Students spent the next four days diving into the labor movement, learning about and from each other, and interviewing with potential organizations. Some highlights include: Social Justice Milestones Students were asked to
