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AUDIO about SolidarityLabourIdeasEnvironmentEducationDirect Action posted on October 6, 2010 by pdriftmier

Student Organizing In Face Of SFU Privatization

GoldCorp Donation, Loss of Public Funding, Students' Right To Space

by Peter Driftmier & Nicholas Perrin

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Full title: Goldcorp Center for the Arts at SFU Woodwards
Full title: Goldcorp Center for the Arts at SFU Woodwards

 

 

Two weeks ago, Simon Fraser University announced its new partnership with Vancouver-based mining corporation GoldCorp. Known for its poor human rights and environmental record throughout Latin America, student organizers call it the tip of the iceberg. Below the surface, there are multiple different forms of accelerated privatization on campus. Nicholas Perrin is an organizer with the Teaching Support Staff Union and Communications grad student at SFU.

 

This interview was first broadcast on Worm's-Eye View: Grassroots News, on CJSF 90.1 FM. Worm's-Eye View brings alternative, community-oriented social justice programming to the Lower Mainland of BC. We broadcast live every Friday from 10 to 11am, PST.

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