I’m quoted in a really comprehensive article in The Nation about the recent actions in defense of public education by University of California students.
“Most of the students I spoke with understood that something more than money was at stake. Many, said UC Riverside undergraduate Patrick Sweeney, had never been involved in campus politics before. Much of the cross-campus organizing was done not by the usual campus activists but through the relatively staid University of California Students Association. Student government endorsed the protests, as did faculty and staff unions, which helped arrange buses to carry protesters to UCLA. At Berkeley, students and staff staged a two-day solidarity strike. “This is something that affects all students,” Sweeney said. “People realized that they needed to step up.” – Ben Ehrenreich, The Nation
