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Speech by Yvette Felarca of BAMN for the Presidency of the American Federation of Teachers

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Save Dr. King's Vision for America!

Defend the Right to Free Public Education!

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Demand that Arne Duncan Stop Toying with Our Students' Lives!
End the "Race to the Top" Scheme Now
Release All Federal Education Funds to the States Based on Need
End the Attacks Against Teachers and Black, Latina/o, and Poor, Working-Class and Middle-Class Students of All Races
No Privatization of Public Education
No More Separate and Unequal
Restore Dr. King's Vision for America

Defend Affirmative Action!
Join BAMN's effort to overturn California's Proposition 209 and stop similar initiatives across the nation

BAMN's historic lawsuit to overturn Proposition 209

Win Campus-Based University of California Dream Scholarships!

Read the Call to Action

Form a BAMN chapter! More info

Call to Action for Young Leaders of the New Civil Rights Movement

BAMN's declaration to the Movement of 2006 and on where we go from here.

The Obama Era: A Renewal of King's Dream or a New Jim Crow? BAMN's Call for Real Hope

Liberator #7: BAMN's analysis of the present political period and the task of building the new civil rights movement.

"Yearning to Breathe Free": BAMN Declaration on Immigrant Rights

A roadmap for the struggle for immigrant rights and the general struggle for freedom in America.

Lessons from the Struggle for Justice for Oscar Grant

The method of building a new civil rights movement, as demonstrated by the Oakland struggle to stop racist police murder and brutality. (From June 2009)

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3/23/2010	SAVE OUR CITY! SAVE OUR SCHOOLS! Detroit Mass Meeting Thurs, Mar. 25 Mass Meeting to Organize and Spread the Campaign of Resistance Against Dismantling Detroit. Click for more information
3/14/2010	ALL OUT TO WASHINGTON D.C. APRIL 10, 2010! March & Rally to DEFEND PUBLIC EDUCATION! * Demand that Arne Duncan stop toying with our students' lives! * End the "Race to the Top" Scheme Now * Release All Federal Education Funds to the States Based on Need. SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2010 NOON…
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2/22/2010	Tuesday, February 23 - RALLY AT UC BERKELEY noon at Sproul Plaza Win a UC-Wide Dream Scholarship Program: Financial Aid for Undocumented Immigrant Students! Restore Affirmative Action and Overturn Prop 209!
2/21/2010	News coverage of BAMN's new lawsuit against Prop 209 in California