Class war

The Governor of New York State has called for a cut of $53 million
to the City University of New York system. This comes after a $68
million cut to CUNY last year, and a 15% tuition hike for CUNY
students. This, of course, comes at the same time as a multi-trillion
dollar public bailout of the speculators on Wall Street. This is a
class and race war, with the rich gorging on the resources that once
lifted immigrants and working people in New York to middle class
status. Now is the perfect time to read Christopher Newfield’s history of this
war. Take it with you to the barricades!

Ashley Dawson

Ashley Dawson is professor of postcolonial studies in the English department at the Graduate Center, City University of New York and the College of Staten Island. His latest books include People’s Power: Reclaiming the Energy Commons (O/R, 2020), Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change (Verso, 2017), and Extinction: A Radical History (O/R, 2016). A member of the Social Text Collective and the founder of the CUNY Climate Action Lab, he is a long-time climate justice activist.