gastrotica stuff?

This website is like the Mecca of vegan cooking: http://theppk.com

I recommend the ginger bread cookies.

New School: Radical Student Union Sit-In

So good to see that successful student body actions are happening somewhere...


Students from the New School's Radical Student Union have occupied the dining hall for the past 3 days, demanding a greater student body voice and the resignation of President Bob Kerrey, Executive VP Jim Murtha, and "Board Member/torturer" Robert B. Millard (he's chairman of the executive committee of military contractor L-3 Communications, which provides a large percentage of the “intelligence personnel” employed in illegal detention centers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, and is currently facing four lawsuits from Iraqis tortured at Abu Ghraib.)


After three days of occupation the students have achieved some major victories, including an agreement not to press charges or impose academic punishments for students involved in the protest, the implementation of a Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) committee within the university, more autonomy and power for Student Senate to communicate with the student body, more representation on the Board of Trustees for students and faculty, and finally the creation of more student study space on campus.

See their websites at http://radicalstudentunion.blogspot.com/ and http://www.newschoolinexile.com/

Blah, Academics

So...
it's really hard to get things done, when you're in school, and suddenly it's late November/December and finals are due. But hopefully this blog will flourish over the next few months.

And hey-- maybe we can all try to write things for Gastrotica as well.

But anyways-- how do we plan things, or do things when in school? How do we get around these ridiculous work schedules? Ideas?

credit card commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKFZjg4eGMk

i just thought this was an interesting take on the issues facing capitalism....

the opening line: "we are a nation of consumers....and that's ok!" is particularly striking 

Bash Back!

While our campus is erupting with ActOut enthusiasm I felt it was good to remember that there are shit tons of queer folks who aren't so worried about gay marriage.

http://bashbacknews.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/dc-bash-back-at-the-inauguration-this-january/

Also there is a zine calling for submissions:

The newest in a string of Queer Anarchist publications is coming out of Olympia in January. Bash Back! News strongly encourages members of bash back! and others to contribute to this zine.

Here is the call out:

NEW QUEER ANARCHIST ZINE- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Pink and Black Attack, a new queer anarchist zine, is looking for
submissions! The project is based out of Olympia, WA and the first issued
is planned to come out by January. This is a zine dedicated to
anti-capitalist, anti-state, anti-assimilationist queer news, theory, and
action. We’re looking for essays, news, reportbacks, poetry, comics…be
creative! We’d like to have submissions in by December 10th. Earlier is
always better, though. E-mail submissions to
pinkandblackattack@riseup.net!

Gastrotica

So we're working on a new project and would love some submissions:

Gastrotica is part cookbook, part sex guide, part relationship guide and all imbued with radical politics. We want anything you've got, those are the only limits for your imagination: something rad about food, sex, and/or love-- easy-peasy.

The Root

The Root was originally conceived of as a physical newsletter. (Hah! Get it? root--> radical). It has expanded (in theory) to be a very short zine about current happenings @ Vassar, the larger local community, and the world. It is no longer dependent on articles and essays but is accepting all entries that engage with current happenings in a rad way that can be conveyed on paper.

The official submission deadline for the Root has already passed. If you have something email it to vassarcatalyst@gmail.com by Thursday night @ 11.59pm.

New Blog

Well. Catalyst is a Media Collective. Why we haven't gotten a blog before is beyond me. So here we are. Hopefully it will be full of cool, radical shit soon.