Radical Student Union (RSU) Records, 1975-2006
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Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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collection
Radical Student Union (RSU) Records
Creation of Radical Student Union (RSU) Records
Time of Creation of Radical Student Union (RSU) Records
Radical Student Union (RSU)
Biographical History for: Radical Student Union (RSU) Records
Historical Note The Radical Student Union (RSU) first appeared at UMass Amherst in 1976 as the Revolutionary Student Brigade (RSB). Founded by Charles Bagli, a Boston University graduate who had moved to Amherst to capitalize on the political momentum on campus, the RSB emerged out of a 1969 schism within the Students for a Democratic Society that produced The Revolutionary Student Movement 1 (later to become the Weather Underground) and The Revolutionary Student Movement 2. This latter organization, comprised of Communists and Socialists of various ideological persuasions, quickly divided and regrouped, leading to the creation of several groups including the Revolutionary Union in 1971, which set up a youth wing in 1972 called the Attica Brigade, which itself split off and formed its own organization in 1975, the Revolutionary Student Brigade. The UMass Amherst Chapter of the RSB began slowly, with Bagli and other activists distributing material in the Campus Center during the 1975-76 school year. By the spring of 1976, the organization achieved official recognition as a student organization, with the mission of promoting the struggles and consciousness of students through the concrete application of Marxism-Leninism-Mao-Tsetung thought. Taking an office on the second floor of the Student Union building, they began to receive funding from the Student Government Association and a developed a core group of students. The next thirty years of RSU history can be divided roughly into three phases: the founding and early development of the organization; the robust years of the mid- to late-1980s; and the slow waning of the organization since. Across this time, several principles of the group have remained constant. First, the RSU has always intended to be a multi-issue group whose focus is determined by its membership. Second, the RSU is committed to working with other groups on campus and in the community. Third, the RSU has consistently examined the actions of UMass in a global context, trying to ensure that the University acts in a socially responsible way. Fourth, no member has to subscribe to any particular ideology to be involved. These principles, however, have typically been coupled with other, seemingly contradictory factors. From the beginning, the RSU membership has been drawn primarily from white and middle to upper class students, while few of the people of color who have joined the group stayed active for long. The group has faced similar difficulties in developing women in leadership roles, even though the membership has been roughly balanced between men and women. By 1980, the RSB had achieved a degree of stability on campus and a relatively high visibility. When the Revolutionary Student Brigade officially joined the Revolutionary Communist Party (changing its name to the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade), the UMass chapter was one of several that struck off on its own, adopting the name Radical Student Union. Despite this break with the national leadership, the RSU maintained some aspects of the earlier party-based organization, continuing to distribute revolutionary readings at meetings for future discussion, and having a secret collective into which only some members of the broader group were invited and which only a few even knew about. On its won, the RSU gradually evolved into a less doctrinaire organization, shedding the secret collective and affiliating with a variety of organizations. From 1981-1987, for example, the RSU joined the Progressive Student Network, a loosely linked coalition of campus-based student groups that sought to share resources and ideas and lend assistance when needed. They have subsequently worked with groups ranging from the American Friends Service Committee to the Students Coalition Against Nukes Nation Wide, United Students Against Sweatshops, Palestinian Action Coalition, the Five College Peace Network, and People for a Socially Responsible University. On campus, the RSB and RSU worked on a long succession of issues. Among its mobilizations, the RSB organized protests around the 1978 death of Seta Rampersand, a black UMass student who was murdered in South Deerfield and whose death was never properly investigated. They were also active in protesting the decision at Kent State University to build a gymnasium on the site where four Kent State students were gunned down by National Guardsmen during an anti-war protest in 1970, organizing buses to take protestors to Kent State. Among the most consistent threads in RSU activism has been a steadfast opposition to militarism and imperialism. Opposition to reinstatement of the military draft became a focus of concern after the return of Selective Service registration in the mid-1970s, and organizing around the issue of draft reinstatement has returned repeatedly, most recently in 2005, when a shortage of volunteers and wars on two fronts made it seem as if a new draft was imminent. Similarly, the RSU was deeply concerned with the realities of nuclear proliferation during the Reagan years. The Three Mile Island incident in 1979 highlighted the problems of nuclear power and the bellicosity of the Reagan administration led the RSB to join with national and local groups and organize around these issues through at least the early 1990s. During the Reagan years, the RSU was active in opposition to American "imperial" expansion, and particularly to intervention in Central America, support for the Apartheid regime in South Africa, and the militarization of research on campus. In a series of demonstrations and marches, both locally and in Washington, D.C., RSU members protested the government's funding and training of death squads in Central America, the efforts of the Central Intelligence Agency to recruit on campus, and the use of Department of Defense funds in weapons research on campus. These protests came to a head with two major waves of sit-ins. In 1987, a group of students and community members occupied Memorial Hall, leading to sixty arrests, including Abbie Hoffman and former president Carters daughter, Amy. All were eventually acquitted. Two years later, students sat in at some of the labs in the Graduate Research Center where Defense Department research was taking place, and then moved to Memorial Hall, the chancellors office, and back to the Graduate Research Center. Organizing against apartheid, the RSU lobbied for UMass to divest from corporations based in and operating in South Africa. The April 1st Coalition took over the office of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs for four days and three nights ending the sit-in only when the university agreed to form a commission to study divestment. Off campus, RSU members have periodically sought to form coalitions with organized labor. In their first labor solidarity campaign in 1980, the RSU joined in support of a strike by nursing home workers at the Amherst Nursing Home. After the high level of activity in the 1980s, the RSU has experienced a considerable drop off. Members joined in demonstrations against the Persian Gulf War in August 1990, including the protests at Westover Air Force Base, and they worked in solidarity to help win University recognition of the Graduate Employee Organization (GEO), and to convince UMass in 2000 to sign onto the Workers Rights Consortium, opposing the sale of sweatshop-produced apparel in the University Store. Efforts in the early 2000s to revive the organization met with mixed success, with some sustained protests against state budget cuts to education (the Save UMass campaign), against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and on issues surrounding globalization. Members took part in protests against the Free Trade Area of the Americas in Québec in 2001 and Miami 2003, the latter notorious for violence. Following a campaign against labor and environmental abuses by the Coca Cola Corporation, the RSU almost disappeared, but was kept alive by several students until the fall of 2006. The Revolutionary Student Brigade/Radical Student Union has managed to do something that few left-wing groups have: it has survived in more or less the same form it started with the same key principles and in the same physical space. Campus-based groups face difficulty in maintaining continuity as they lose members to graduation or the press of other concerns. The Radical Student Union remained active as of the 2006-2007 academic year, organizing several Critical Mass bike rides, protesting the honorary degree presented to Andrew Card, a senior official in the Bush White House, and attending the protests at the Bio International Convention.
Gift of the RSU and Emma Lang, 2006 and before.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The records of the Radical Student Union and its predecessor, The Radical Student Brigade, document the history of a particularly long-lived organization of left-leaning student activists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Beginning in the mid-1970s, as students were searching for ways to build upon the legacy of the previous decade, the RSU has been a constant presence on campus, weathering the Reagan years, tough budgetary times, and dramatic changes in the political culture at the national and state levels. The RSU reached its peak during the 1980s with protests against American involvement in Central America, CIA recruitment on campus, American support for the Apartheid regime in South Africa, and government-funded weapons research, but in later years, the organization has continued to adapt, organizing against globalization, sweatshops, the Iraq War, and a host of other issues. In addition to the administrative and financial records of the RSU, the collection includes an extensive set of topical files that reflect the evolving interests of the organization and its ties to other, related organizations in the region. Also noteworthy are a handful of banners, some quite large, displayed by RSU members during demonstrations.
The collection is open for research.
Related Material See also the International Oil Working Group Records (MS 268) and Records American Friends Service Committee Western Massachusetts (MS ).
Viscio, Randy Louis, Under the Bridge: Notes from a Me Generation Dropout. Cowpasture Productions: Lawrence, Mass., 1993 Turner, Terisa and Timothy Belknap, Takeover! Students U.S.A. Mobilize for the '90's: Documents from the Movement. International Oil Working Group: Amherst, 1989
Processed by Emma Lang, 2006-2007.
Anti-apartheid movements--Massachusetts.
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College students--Political activity.
Communism.
Iraq War, 2003- .
Peace movements--Massachusetts.
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
Racism.
Socialism.
Student movements.
United States--Foreign relations--Central America.
Radical Student Union (RSU).
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Progressive Student Network.
Revolutionary Student Brigade.
Central America--Foreign relations--United States.
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series
Series 1: Administrative and Financial
Creation of Series 1: Administrative and Financial
Time of Creation of Series 1: Administrative and Financial
Series 1 contains two sub-series. First, the administrative sub-series contains internal records kept by the RSU to document its activities, including leaflets advertising RSU meetings from 1980 through 2001, a student booklet created in 2004 entitled "A History analysis and How To," documents pertaining to the status of the RSU within the University, contact sheets and directories for members and the press, meeting notes and agendas, and documents relating to procedures and lists of office duties. The sub-series also contains a few newspaper clippings about the RSU, articles written by members for publication, catalogues for materials and speakers, song sheets, stationary prototypes, and folders used in the original filing process that are of interest. The RSU's financial records consist primarily of reports submitted to the Student Government Association to account for expenditures, and materials used in grant writing. Both sub-series are filed alphabetically for folder title.
Series 2: Subject Files
Creation of Series 2: Subject Files
Time of Creation of Series 2: Subject Files
The members of the RSU maintained an extensive topical file in their office in the Campus Center. These files were used in several ways by members: as resources for teaching and learning about specific issues (e.g., South Africa), for designing flyers, or for developing learning skills; as documentation of events planned by the RSU or in which they took part; and as information about organizations with whom the RSU coordinated efforts (e.g., American Friends Service Committee). Occasionally, the RSU brought together materials from disparate sources relating to topics of particular interest. Under Womens Issues, for example, they filed materials on Abortion, Leadership, Pornography, and Violence against Women. In most cases, however, the topics are less systematically treated, and it may be necessary to delve deeply to locate all relevant information. A few items dating from prior to the founding of the RSB probably came either from Charles Bagli, the founder of RSU, from other early members, or were inherited from earlier groups on campus. Some materials appear to have come from the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade and the Communist Youth Brigade, both of which were active on campus at the same time. The series includes newspaper clippings, flyers, published materials, song sheets, correspondence, and notes. Photographs have been removed to the Audio Visual Series and banners have been removed to the Textiles Series.
Series 3: Radical Student Union Publications
Creation of Series 3: Radical Student Union Publications
Time of Creation of Series 3: Radical Student Union Publications
This small series contains materials published by the RSU or its members on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus. The five publications are essentially irregularly-issued periodicals (some with missing issues), with the longest running publication, Critical Times, housed separately. All of these publications focus on social justice issues.
Series 4: Revolutionary Student Brigade (RSB) Term Paper Library
Creation of Series 4: Revolutionary Student Brigade (RSB) Term Paper Library
Time of Creation of Series 4: Revolutionary Student Brigade (RSB) Term Paper Library
The Revolutionary Student Brigade/Radical Student Union kept a term paper library for use by its members in preparing for work in school and in their activism. The papers, some of which pre-date the founding of RSB, are organized by general subject area.
Series 5: Printed materials
Creation of Series 5: Printed materials
Time of Creation of Series 5: Printed materials
The Printed Materials series contains 156 booklets, books, and single printed sheets covering a wide range of topics, particularly Communism, the Middle East conflict, and Labor. Of particular interest are the materials regarding the protests against the busing of school children in Boston, and a booklet from 1978 about the 1974 death of Karen Silkwood. A few additional monographs are included in Series 2: Subject Files.
Series 6: Textiles
Creation of Series 6: Textiles
Time of Creation of Series 6: Textiles
The Textiles consist of sixteen banners and armbands displayed by the RSU during their actions relating to apartheid, labor issues, globalization, and opposition to war and imperialism. The majority of the banners are not dated, and three have yet to be identified as to subject. Almost all are made out of cotton with paint or marker used to create an image, and they vary in size from the size of an armband to approximately ten feet square.
subseries
Administrative
Creation of Administrative
Time of Creation of Administrative
file
Agendas
Articles for publication
Includes drafts for Disinformation Pamphlets
Articles to Collegian
Creation of Articles to Collegian
Time of Creation of Articles to Collegian
BOG Space Allocation etc.
Creation of BOG Space Allocation etc.
Time of Creation of BOG Space Allocation etc.
Catalogues 1
Creation of Catalogues 1
Time of Creation of Catalogues 1
Catalogues 2
Creation of Catalogues 2
Time of Creation of Catalogues 2
Catalogues: Speak Out!
Creation of Catalogues: Speak Out!
Time of Creation of Catalogues: Speak Out!
Constitution
Creation of Constitution
Time of Creation of Constitution
See also: Box 2 Folder 7: SGA Materials on the RSU
Directories
Creation of Directories
Time of Creation of Directories
Folders of Interest
Key
Creation of Key
Time of Creation of Key
A History, Analysis and How To
Creation of A History, Analysis and How To
Time of Creation of A History, Analysis and How To
Written by a member of the RSU about the RSU
Leaflets
Creation of Leaflets
Time of Creation of Leaflets
Administrative Leaflets
Creation of Administrative Leaflets
Time of Creation of Administrative Leaflets
Includes news clippings
Includes news clippings and a letter
Includes a page of a calendar
Large Meeting Fall 1998
Creation of Large Meeting Fall 1998
Time of Creation of Large Meeting Fall 1998
Originally in a two inch blue binder
Meetings, Agendas, Work lists
Meeting Notes and Contact Lists
Creation of Meeting Notes and Contact Lists
Time of Creation of Meeting Notes and Contact Lists
News clips
Creation of News clips
Time of Creation of News clips
Office Duties
Creation of Office Duties
Time of Creation of Office Duties
Press Contacts
Press/Media
Creation of Press/Media
Time of Creation of Press/Media
Process
Creation of Process
Time of Creation of Process
Research and Meeting Notes
Creation of Research and Meeting Notes
Time of Creation of Research and Meeting Notes
Registered Student Organization (RSO) Registration
Registered Student Organization (RSO)/ Student Activities Trust Fund (SATF)
Creation of Registered Student Organization (RSO)/ Student Activities Trust Fund (SATF)
Time of Creation of Registered Student Organization (RSO)/ Student Activities Trust Fund (SATF)
Sign Sheets
SGA Materials on the RSU
Creation of SGA Materials on the RSU
Time of Creation of SGA Materials on the RSU
Song Sheets
Stationary
Subscription Information
Trust Fund Interest, UMass Students vs. Trustees
University System
Financial
Creation of Financial
Time of Creation of Financial
Finances 1981
Creation of Finances 1981
Time of Creation of Finances 1981
Finances 1982
Creation of Finances 1982
Time of Creation of Finances 1982
Finances 1983
Creation of Finances 1983
Time of Creation of Finances 1983
Finances 1984
Creation of Finances 1984
Time of Creation of Finances 1984
Finances 1985
Creation of Finances 1985
Time of Creation of Finances 1985
Finances 1986
Creation of Finances 1986
Time of Creation of Finances 1986
Finances 1987
Creation of Finances 1987
Time of Creation of Finances 1987
Finances 1988
Creation of Finances 1988
Time of Creation of Finances 1988
Finances 1989
Creation of Finances 1989
Time of Creation of Finances 1989
Finances FY 1990
Creation of Finances FY 1990
Time of Creation of Finances FY 1990
Finances FY 1991 I
Creation of Finances FY 1991 I
Time of Creation of Finances FY 1991 I
Finances FY 1991 II
Creation of Finances FY 1991 II
Time of Creation of Finances FY 1991 II
Finances FY 1992
Creation of Finances FY 1992
Time of Creation of Finances FY 1992
Finances FY 1993
Creation of Finances FY 1993
Time of Creation of Finances FY 1993
Finances FY 1994 I
Creation of Finances FY 1994 I
Time of Creation of Finances FY 1994 I
Finances FY 1994 II
Creation of Finances FY 1994 II
Time of Creation of Finances FY 1994 II
Finances FY 1995
Creation of Finances FY 1995
Time of Creation of Finances FY 1995
Finances FY 1996
Creation of Finances FY 1996
Time of Creation of Finances FY 1996
Finances FY 1997
Creation of Finances FY 1997
Time of Creation of Finances FY 1997
Finances FY 1998
Creation of Finances FY 1998
Time of Creation of Finances FY 1998
Finances FY 1999
Creation of Finances FY 1999
Time of Creation of Finances FY 1999
Finances FY 2000
Creation of Finances FY 2000
Time of Creation of Finances FY 2000
Finances FY 2001
Creation of Finances FY 2001
Time of Creation of Finances FY 2001
Financial, General
Creation of Financial, General
Time of Creation of Financial, General
Funding Requests
Creation of Funding Requests
Time of Creation of Funding Requests
Grant Writing
Grants
The 1960s
Creation of The 1960s
Time of Creation of The 1960s
Accuracy in Academia
Creation of Accuracy in Academia
Time of Creation of Accuracy in Academia
Activism
Creation of Activism
Time of Creation of Activism
AIDS
Creation of AIDS
Time of Creation of AIDS
Affirmative Action
Creation of Affirmative Action
Time of Creation of Affirmative Action
Primarily Bakke decision
Afghanistan
Africa 1
Creation of Africa 1
Time of Creation of Africa 1
See also: South Africa
Africa 2
Creation of Africa 2
Time of Creation of Africa 2
Africa 3
Creation of Africa 3
Time of Creation of Africa 3
Booklets
Albania
Creation of Albania
Time of Creation of Albania
Alliance for Student Power
Readings to inspire activism
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Creation of American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Time of Creation of American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Anarchism
Creation of Anarchism
Time of Creation of Anarchism
Anti-Defamation League
Creation of Anti-Defamation League
Time of Creation of Anti-Defamation League
Art, political
See also: Clip Art
Art, skills
Asian-Americans for Political Action
Balkans
Black Liberation
Black Nationalism
Creation of Black Nationalism
Time of Creation of Black Nationalism
Birth Control
Creation of Birth Control
Time of Creation of Birth Control
Boycotts
Creation of Boycotts
Time of Creation of Boycotts
Brazil
Budget Cuts
Creation of Budget Cuts
Time of Creation of Budget Cuts
Some materials from Save UMass!
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Creation of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Time of Creation of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
CIA: On Trial
Creation of CIA: On Trial
Time of Creation of CIA: On Trial
CIA: Campaign Lists & Reports
Creation of CIA: Campaign Lists & Reports
Time of Creation of CIA: Campaign Lists & Reports
CIA: Civil Disobedience
Creation of CIA: Civil Disobedience
Time of Creation of CIA: Civil Disobedience
CIA: Clippings
Creation of CIA: Clippings
Time of Creation of CIA: Clippings
CIA: Fundraising Lists
Creation of CIA: Fundraising Lists
Time of Creation of CIA: Fundraising Lists
CIA: Grant Foundations
CIA: Group Correspondence
CIA: Jury Instructions
Creation of CIA: Jury Instructions
Time of Creation of CIA: Jury Instructions
CIA: Jury Nullification/Voir dire, UMass Divestment Brief
Creation of CIA: Jury Nullification/Voir dire, UMass Divestment Brief
Time of Creation of CIA: Jury Nullification/Voir dire, UMass Divestment Brief
CIA: Lawyers Notes on Witnesses
Creation of CIA: Lawyers Notes on Witnesses
Time of Creation of CIA: Lawyers Notes on Witnesses
CIA: Memos from Administrators
Creation of CIA: Memos from Administrators
Time of Creation of CIA: Memos from Administrators
CIA: Press Releases
Creation of CIA: Press Releases
Time of Creation of CIA: Press Releases
CIA: Press Resource Lists
Creation of CIA: Press Resource Lists
Time of Creation of CIA: Press Resource Lists
CIA: Propaganda
CIA: Statements of Purpose
Creation of CIA: Statements of Purpose
Time of Creation of CIA: Statements of Purpose
Central America Solidarity Association (CASA)
Creation of Central America Solidarity Association (CASA)
Time of Creation of Central America Solidarity Association (CASA)
Childcare
Creation of Childcare
Time of Creation of Childcare
Chile
Creation of Chile
Time of Creation of Chile
Includes stickers
Chomsky, Noam
Civil Disobedience
Clip Art
See also: Art
Coalition for a New Foreign & Military Policy
Creation of Coalition for a New Foreign & Military Policy
Time of Creation of Coalition for a New Foreign & Military Policy
See also: Peace
Coca-Cola Campaign
Creation of Coca-Cola Campaign
Time of Creation of Coca-Cola Campaign
COINTELPRO
College Republicans
Creation of College Republicans
Time of Creation of College Republicans
Columbia
Community Service
Communist Party
Creation of Communist Party
Time of Creation of Communist Party
Corporate Agenda conference
Creation of Corporate Agenda conference
Time of Creation of Corporate Agenda conference
See also: Labor
Corporate Research
Creation of Corporate Research
Time of Creation of Corporate Research
Corpraization of the University
Creation of Corpraization of the University
Time of Creation of Corpraization of the University
Critical Mass
Creation of Critical Mass
Time of Creation of Critical Mass
See also: Photographs
Cuba
Creation of Cuba
Time of Creation of Cuba
Cults/Religious
Creation of Cults/Religious
Time of Creation of Cults/Religious
Focus on Unification church
Death Penalty
Creation of Death Penalty
Time of Creation of Death Penalty
Democratic Socialists of America
Creation of Democratic Socialists of America
Time of Creation of Democratic Socialists of America
Department of Defense Research
Creation of Department of Defense Research
Time of Creation of Department of Defense Research
Direct Action
Creation of Direct Action
Time of Creation of Direct Action
Disarmament/Nuclear Weapons 1
Creation of Disarmament/Nuclear Weapons 1
Time of Creation of Disarmament/Nuclear Weapons 1
Disarmament/Nuclear Weapons
Creation of Disarmament/Nuclear Weapons
Time of Creation of Disarmament/Nuclear Weapons
Draft
Creation of Draft
Time of Creation of Draft
Drugs
Creation of Drugs
Time of Creation of Drugs
East Timor
Creation of East Timor
Time of Creation of East Timor
Earth Day Wall Street Action
Creation of Earth Day Wall Street Action
Time of Creation of Earth Day Wall Street Action
Ecology 1
Creation of Ecology 1
Time of Creation of Ecology 1
Ecology 2
Creation of Ecology 2
Time of Creation of Ecology 2
Economic Research and Action Project (ERAP)
Economics
Creation of Economics
Time of Creation of Economics
See also: Labor and Welfare
Education
Creation of Education
Time of Creation of Education
Education Booklets
Creation of Education Booklets
Time of Creation of Education Booklets
El Salvador
Creation of El Salvador
Time of Creation of El Salvador
See also: Latin America
Electoral Politics 1
Creation of Electoral Politics 1
Time of Creation of Electoral Politics 1
Electoral Politics 2
Creation of Electoral Politics 2
Time of Creation of Electoral Politics 2
Environmentalism
Creation of Environmentalism
Time of Creation of Environmentalism
See also: Ecology and Earth Day
Fascism/Anti-Fascism
Feminist Collective
Creation of Feminist Collective
Time of Creation of Feminist Collective
Film Series
Creation of Film Series
Time of Creation of Film Series
Film Series 2002
Creation of Film Series 2002
Time of Creation of Film Series 2002
Film Series 2002-2003
Creation of Film Series 2002-2003
Time of Creation of Film Series 2002-2003
Financial Aid
Creation of Financial Aid
Time of Creation of Financial Aid
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Creation of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Time of Creation of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Free Speech/repressive Legislation/Censorship
Creation of Free Speech/repressive Legislation/Censorship
Time of Creation of Free Speech/repressive Legislation/Censorship
Freeze Reagan/Bush Campaign
Creation of Freeze Reagan/Bush Campaign
Time of Creation of Freeze Reagan/Bush Campaign
Free Trade Area of the Americas
Creation of Free Trade Area of the Americas
Time of Creation of Free Trade Area of the Americas
Gay Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer and Questioning Rights 1
GBLTQQ 2: Cameron, Paul
Creation of GBLTQQ 2: Cameron, Paul
Time of Creation of GBLTQQ 2: Cameron, Paul
Goodell Take-over 1997
Creation of Goodell Take-over 1997
Time of Creation of Goodell Take-over 1997
Globalization
Creation of Globalization
Time of Creation of Globalization
See also: Folders for Specific organizations
Green Party
Creation of Green Party
Time of Creation of Green Party
Grenada
Creation of Grenada
Time of Creation of Grenada
Grenada Ground Wave Emergency Network (G.W.E.N.)
Creation of Grenada Ground Wave Emergency Network (G.W.E.N.)
Time of Creation of Grenada Ground Wave Emergency Network (G.W.E.N.)
Gun Control
Creation of Gun Control
Time of Creation of Gun Control
Haiti
Creation of Haiti
Time of Creation of Haiti
Honors College
Creation of Honors College
Time of Creation of Honors College
Homeless
Creation of Homeless
Time of Creation of Homeless
Honduras
Creation of Honduras
Time of Creation of Honduras
Hunger
See also: Welfare
Imperialism
Creation of Imperialism
Time of Creation of Imperialism
See also: Native Americans, Globalization
Internships
Iran
Creation of Iran
Time of Creation of Iran
Iraq 1: Gulf War 1990-1991
Creation of Iraq 1: Gulf War 1990-1991
Time of Creation of Iraq 1: Gulf War 1990-1991
See also: Photographs; See also: Oversized
Iraq 2: Gulf War 1 1990-1991
Creation of Iraq 2: Gulf War 1 1990-1991
Time of Creation of Iraq 2: Gulf War 1 1990-1991
Iraq 3: Gulf War 2003-
Creation of Iraq 3: Gulf War 2003-
Time of Creation of Iraq 3: Gulf War 2003-
Iraq 4: Gulf War 2003-
Creation of Iraq 4: Gulf War 2003-
Time of Creation of Iraq 4: Gulf War 2003-
Ireland
Creation of Ireland
Time of Creation of Ireland
Israel 1
Creation of Israel 1
Time of Creation of Israel 1
See also: Oversized
Israel 2
Creation of Israel 2
Time of Creation of Israel 2
Kent State/Jackson State
Creation of Kent State/Jackson State
Time of Creation of Kent State/Jackson State
Labor 1
Creation of Labor 1
Time of Creation of Labor 1
Labor 2
Creation of Labor 2
Time of Creation of Labor 2
Labor 3
Creation of Labor 3
Time of Creation of Labor 3
Labor, UMass
Creation of Labor, UMass
Time of Creation of Labor, UMass
Latin America
Creation of Latin America
Time of Creation of Latin America
See also: Individual Countries
Latinos
Creation of Latinos
Time of Creation of Latinos
See also: Latin America and Individual Countries
Marxism
Creation of Marxism
Time of Creation of Marxism
Media Activism
Creation of Media Activism
Time of Creation of Media Activism
See also: Film Series
Mental Health/Mental Illness
Creation of Mental Health/Mental Illness
Time of Creation of Mental Health/Mental Illness
Mexico
Creation of Mexico
Time of Creation of Mexico
Middle East
Creation of Middle East
Time of Creation of Middle East
See also: Israel/ Palestine
Native Americans
Creation of Native Americans
Time of Creation of Native Americans
New Left
Nicaragua
Creation of Nicaragua
Time of Creation of Nicaragua
Nixon, Richard M.
Creation of Nixon, Richard M.
Time of Creation of Nixon, Richard M.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Creation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Time of Creation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Northeast Student Action Network
Nuclear Power and Weapons 1
Creation of Nuclear Power and Weapons 1
Time of Creation of Nuclear Power and Weapons 1
Nuclear Power and Weapons 2
Creation of Nuclear Power and Weapons 2
Time of Creation of Nuclear Power and Weapons 2
One World Fair
Creation of One World Fair
Time of Creation of One World Fair
Organizing
Creation of Organizing
Time of Creation of Organizing
Organization to Liberate Society
Creation of Organization to Liberate Society
Time of Creation of Organization to Liberate Society
Peace
Creation of Peace
Time of Creation of Peace
Peace: No Business as Usual
Creation of Peace: No Business as Usual
Time of Creation of Peace: No Business as Usual
Peace: ROTC/Military Recruiting 1
Creation of Peace: ROTC/Military Recruiting 1
Time of Creation of Peace: ROTC/Military Recruiting 1
Peace: ROTC/Military Recruiting 2
Creation of Peace: ROTC/Military Recruiting 2
Time of Creation of Peace: ROTC/Military Recruiting 2
Peace Groups: 5-College Peace Network
Creation of Peace Groups: 5-College Peace Network
Time of Creation of Peace Groups: 5-College Peace Network
Peace Groups: Faculty for Peace
Creation of Peace Groups: Faculty for Peace
Time of Creation of Peace Groups: Faculty for Peace
Peace Groups: Peace Research and Education Project
Creation of Peace Groups: Peace Research and Education Project
Time of Creation of Peace Groups: Peace Research and Education Project
Peace Groups: Students for a Peaceful Response, Tabling Materials
Creation of Peace Groups: Students for a Peaceful Response, Tabling Materials
Time of Creation of Peace Groups: Students for a Peaceful Response, Tabling Materials
Philippines
Picketing Code
Creation of Picketing Code
Time of Creation of Picketing Code
Prisons
Creation of Prisons
Time of Creation of Prisons
Prisons: Prisons General, Prison Awareness Week
Creation of Prisons: Prisons General, Prison Awareness Week
Time of Creation of Prisons: Prisons General, Prison Awareness Week
Prisons: Political Prisoners, 1
Creation of Prisons: Political Prisoners, 1
Time of Creation of Prisons: Political Prisoners, 1
Much of the material is related to MOVE and the case of Mumia Abu Jamal
Prisons: Political Prisoners, 2
Creation of Prisons: Political Prisoners, 2
Time of Creation of Prisons: Political Prisoners, 2
Prisons: Resources
Creation of Prisons: Resources
Time of Creation of Prisons: Resources
Privatization of UMass 1
Creation of Privatization of UMass 1
Time of Creation of Privatization of UMass 1
See also: Budget Cuts
Privatization of UMass 2
Creation of Privatization of UMass 2
Time of Creation of Privatization of UMass 2
Materials from SGA task force
Privatization of UMass 3
Creation of Privatization of UMass 3
Time of Creation of Privatization of UMass 3
Privatization of UMass 4
Creation of Privatization of UMass 4
Time of Creation of Privatization of UMass 4
Privatization of UMass 5
Progressive Student Network (P.S.N.): Census
Creation of Progressive Student Network (P.S.N.): Census
Time of Creation of Progressive Student Network (P.S.N.): Census
P.S.N.: Conference (Organizers, Letters etc.)
Creation of P.S.N.: Conference (Organizers, Letters etc.)
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: Conference (Organizers, Letters etc.)
Includes Songbook
P.S.N.: Contacts 1
Creation of P.S.N.: Contacts 1
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: Contacts 1
P.S.N.: Contacts 2
Creation of P.S.N.: Contacts 2
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: Contacts 2
P.S.N.: Letters 1
Creation of P.S.N.: Letters 1
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: Letters 1
P.S.N.: Letters 2
Creation of P.S.N.: Letters 2
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: Letters 2
P.S.N.: Letters 3
Creation of P.S.N.: Letters 3
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: Letters 3
P.S.N.: National Convention 1988
Creation of P.S.N.: National Convention 1988
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: National Convention 1988
P.S.N.: New England Region
Creation of P.S.N.: New England Region
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: New England Region
P.S.N.: News Spring 1981
Creation of P.S.N.: News Spring 1981
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: News Spring 1981
P.S.N.: News 1981-1982
Creation of P.S.N.: News 1981-1982
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: News 1981-1982
Includes copies of Cognition from the National Student Education Fund and Basta Ya! From the Progressive Campus Network
P.S.N.: News Spring 1983
Creation of P.S.N.: News Spring 1983
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: News Spring 1983
P.S.N.: News 1984
Creation of P.S.N.: News 1984
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: News 1984
P.S.N.: Philadelphia Conference on Reproductive Rights
Creation of P.S.N.: Philadelphia Conference on Reproductive Rights
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: Philadelphia Conference on Reproductive Rights
P.S.N.: Program and Principles
Creation of P.S.N.: Program and Principles
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: Program and Principles
P.S.N.: Proposals
Creation of P.S.N.: Proposals
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: Proposals
P.S.N.: Other P.S.N. Regions
Creation of P.S.N.: Other P.S.N. Regions
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: Other P.S.N. Regions
P.S.N.: Outreach
Creation of P.S.N.: Outreach
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: Outreach
P.S.N.: Resources
P.S.N.: Stationary
P.S.N.: Womens Caucus
Creation of P.S.N.: Womens Caucus
Time of Creation of P.S.N.: Womens Caucus
Public Health
Creation of Public Health
Time of Creation of Public Health
Puerto Rico 1
Creation of Puerto Rico 1
Time of Creation of Puerto Rico 1
Puerto Rico 2
Creation of Puerto Rico 2
Time of Creation of Puerto Rico 2
Race, On Campus
Creation of Race, On Campus
Time of Creation of Race, On Campus
Racism
Creation of Racism
Time of Creation of Racism
See also: Black Nationalism
Racism 1985
Creation of Racism 1985
Time of Creation of Racism 1985
Racism 1986-1987: Documents
Creation of Racism 1986-1987: Documents
Time of Creation of Racism 1986-1987: Documents
Racism 1986-1987: News Articles/Editorials 1986
Creation of Racism 1986-1987: News Articles/Editorials 1986
Time of Creation of Racism 1986-1987: News Articles/Editorials 1986
Racism 1986-1987: News Articles/Editorials 1987
Creation of Racism 1986-1987: News Articles/Editorials 1987
Time of Creation of Racism 1986-1987: News Articles/Editorials 1987
Racism 1986-1987: Copies of Documents 1985-1988
Racism 1988
Reagan, Ronald
Creation of Reagan, Ronald
Time of Creation of Reagan, Ronald
Recruiters (Military, Corporate)
Creation of Recruiters (Military, Corporate)
Time of Creation of Recruiters (Military, Corporate)
See also: Peace: ROTC/Military Recruiting
Registered Student Organizations
See also: Administrative Series
Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade, UMass
Revolutionary Student Brigade Leaflets 1974
Creation of Revolutionary Student Brigade Leaflets 1974
Time of Creation of Revolutionary Student Brigade Leaflets 1974
Includes an information booklet from UMass.
Revoultionary Student Brigade Leaflets 1975
Creation of Revoultionary Student Brigade Leaflets 1975
Time of Creation of Revoultionary Student Brigade Leaflets 1975
Revoultionary Student Brigade Leaflets 1976
Creation of Revoultionary Student Brigade Leaflets 1976
Time of Creation of Revoultionary Student Brigade Leaflets 1976
Includes the first flyer for the first RSB meeting at UMass organized by Charles Bagli
Revoultionary Student Brigade Leaflets 1977
Creation of Revoultionary Student Brigade Leaflets 1977
Time of Creation of Revoultionary Student Brigade Leaflets 1977
Sanctuary Movement
Creation of Sanctuary Movement
Time of Creation of Sanctuary Movement
Seta Rampersand
Creation of Seta Rampersand
Time of Creation of Seta Rampersand
Socialism
Creation of Socialism
Time of Creation of Socialism
Solicitations from other Organizations
Creation of Solicitations from other Organizations
Time of Creation of Solicitations from other Organizations
South Africa 1
Creation of South Africa 1
Time of Creation of South Africa 1
Contains a copy of Anti-Apartheid News; See also: oversized
South Africa 2
Creation of South Africa 2
Time of Creation of South Africa 2
South Africa, April 1st Coalition
Creation of South Africa, April 1st Coalition
Time of Creation of South Africa, April 1st Coalition
South Africa, Divestment 1
Creation of South Africa, Divestment 1
Time of Creation of South Africa, Divestment 1
South Africa Divestment
Creation of South Africa Divestment
Time of Creation of South Africa Divestment
South Korea
Creation of South Korea
Time of Creation of South Korea
Soviet Union
Creation of Soviet Union
Time of Creation of Soviet Union
Star wars
Creation of Star wars
Time of Creation of Star wars
Student Rights
Creation of Student Rights
Time of Creation of Student Rights
Student Activities Trust Fund
Creation of Student Activities Trust Fund
Time of Creation of Student Activities Trust Fund
See also: Administration series
Student Government Association
Creation of Student Government Association
Time of Creation of Student Government Association
See also: Administrative series
Student Organizing Project
Creation of Student Organizing Project
Time of Creation of Student Organizing Project
Student Parents
Student Senate
Creation of Student Senate
Time of Creation of Student Senate
Sweatshops 1
Creation of Sweatshops 1
Time of Creation of Sweatshops 1
Sweatshops 2
Creation of Sweatshops 2
Time of Creation of Sweatshops 2
Sweden
Creation of Sweden
Time of Creation of Sweden
Take Back Democracy
Creation of Take Back Democracy
Time of Creation of Take Back Democracy
Universal Rights
Creation of Universal Rights
Time of Creation of Universal Rights
U.S. Student Association
Creation of U.S. Student Association
Time of Creation of U.S. Student Association
University Regulations and Policies
Creation of University Regulations and Policies
Time of Creation of University Regulations and Policies
Vietnam
Creation of Vietnam
Time of Creation of Vietnam
Welfare Reform 1
Creation of Welfare Reform 1
Time of Creation of Welfare Reform 1
Some of this material may be from ca. 1994
Welfare Reform 2
Creation of Welfare Reform 2
Time of Creation of Welfare Reform 2
Womens Issues: Abortion 1
Creation of Womens Issues: Abortion 1
Time of Creation of Womens Issues: Abortion 1
Womens Issues: Abortion 2
Creation of Womens Issues: Abortion 2
Time of Creation of Womens Issues: Abortion 2
Womens Issues: Abortion 3
Creation of Womens Issues: Abortion 3
Time of Creation of Womens Issues: Abortion 3
Conference Packet From Abortion Rights to Social Justice
Womens Issues: Leadership
Womens Issues: Pornography
Creation of Womens Issues: Pornography
Time of Creation of Womens Issues: Pornography
Womens Issues: Reproductive Freedom
Creation of Womens Issues: Reproductive Freedom
Time of Creation of Womens Issues: Reproductive Freedom
Womens Issues: Violence Against, Sexual Harassment, Sexism
Creation of Womens Issues: Violence Against, Sexual Harassment, Sexism
Time of Creation of Womens Issues: Violence Against, Sexual Harassment, Sexism
See also: Seta Rampersand
Womens Studies
Creation of Womens Studies
Time of Creation of Womens Studies
World Bank and International Monetary Fund
Creation of World Bank and International Monetary Fund
Time of Creation of World Bank and International Monetary Fund
World Economic Forum
Creation of World Economic Forum
Time of Creation of World Economic Forum
World Trade Organization
Creation of World Trade Organization
Time of Creation of World Trade Organization
Young Communist League
Creation of Young Communist League
Time of Creation of Young Communist League
Information and Opinions About
Creation of Information and Opinions About
Time of Creation of Information and Opinions About
Liberator
Creation of Liberator
Time of Creation of Liberator
The Progressive Student
Creation of The Progressive Student
Time of Creation of The Progressive Student
The Weekly News
Creation of The Weekly News
Time of Creation of The Weekly News
Welcome to UMass (Disinformation)
Creation of Welcome to UMass (Disinformation)
Time of Creation of Welcome to UMass (Disinformation)
Table of Contents
Creation of Table of Contents
Time of Creation of Table of Contents
Anthropology
Creation of Anthropology
Time of Creation of Anthropology
Greek Society
History
Creation of History
Time of Creation of History
Latin American Studies
Creation of Latin American Studies
Time of Creation of Latin American Studies
Law
Creation of Law
Time of Creation of Law
Literature
Creation of Literature
Time of Creation of Literature
Miscellaneous 1
Creation of Miscellaneous 1
Time of Creation of Miscellaneous 1
Miscellaneous 2
Creation of Miscellaneous 2
Time of Creation of Miscellaneous 2
Political Science
Creation of Political Science
Time of Creation of Political Science
Student Movement
Creation of Student Movement
Time of Creation of Student Movement
Series 5: Printed material
Creation of Series 5: Printed material
Time of Creation of Series 5: Printed material
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Apartheid
Creation of Apartheid
Time of Creation of Apartheid
Boston Bussing
Creation of Boston Bussing
Time of Creation of Boston Bussing
Class
Creation of Class
Time of Creation of Class
Creation of COINTELPRO
Time of Creation of COINTELPRO
The Public Eye vol. 1, no. 2
Communism
Creation of Communism
Time of Creation of Communism
Cooperatives
Family
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender/sexual, queer and questioning
Creation of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender/sexual, queer and questioning
Time of Creation of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender/sexual, queer and questioning
Housing
Creation of Housing
Time of Creation of Housing
Israel/Palestine
Creation of Israel/Palestine
Time of Creation of Israel/Palestine
Labor
Creation of Labor
Time of Creation of Labor
Movement Building
Creation of Movement Building
Time of Creation of Movement Building
Non violence
Creation of Non violence
Time of Creation of Non violence
Anti Nuclear
Creation of Anti Nuclear
Time of Creation of Anti Nuclear
About Karen Silkwood
Spanish
Creation of Spanish
Time of Creation of Spanish
Welfare
Creation of Welfare
Time of Creation of Welfare
Women's Issues
Creation of Women's Issues
Time of Creation of Women's Issues
Apartheid: Citicorp pays for apartheid, apartheid kills. Image: "blood" under the word kill
Central America: In Memorial for all those whose have died. Image: non
Potentially related to the war in Central America.
Central America: Let's stop waging war on El Salvador. Image: small peace sig
CIA: "CIA is Murder Inc, USA". Image: skull and cross bones
CIA: On to Washington! March & rally, April 25, Action at Langley April 27. Image: cars full of multi-ethnic people holding signs (Peace) (No CIA
Creation of CIA: On to Washington! March & rally, April 25, Action at Langley April 27. Image: cars full of multi-ethnic people holding signs (Peace) (No CIA
Time of Creation of CIA: On to Washington! March & rally, April 25, Action at Langley April 27. Image: cars full of multi-ethnic people holding signs (Peace) (No CIA
Gay rights: Homophobia is a social disease. Love not hate. Gayzes OK. Image: non
Globalization: It's a Dirty Business * and no one's gotta do it. No more $ 4 war, Plan Columbia, WEF, FTAA, World Bank, IMF, Domination, War, Violence . Image: twin towers
Globalization: UMass supports human rights abuses. End the Contract with Coca Cola. Image:
Labor: Strike before strangulation. Image: red fis
Undergraduate banner from the Graduate Employee Organization (GEO) strike.
Peace: Food not bombs. Image: non
From Tent State University?
Peace: One love peace, earth (image) > $, people (image) > $. Image: a yellow heart between "one and "love", stencil of a United States flag with a peace sign instead of starts, image of earth and people.
Peace: Peace. Image: Non
Peace: Think military or think for yourself. Image:
Peace: Town & gown stop the military death machine. Image:
Peace: UMass students say: Stop the arms race (with signatures). Image: various symbols
Unidentified AT&T. Image: skull
Unidentified: Aetna
Unidentified: Tampax . Image: