Voices from CUNY: Students and Workers Demand Full Rights for Immigrants, Defeat of U.S. Imperialism, and Reinstatement of the Fired Fourth on May Day
On May Day, CUNY students and workers marched with three demands: Full Rights for Immigrants, Down with U.S. imperialism, and Reinstatement of the CUNY Fired Fourth. Below, CUNY students and workers share their experiences at the march.
Voices From CUNY
This May Day, the largest in years, was an expression working-class resistance — the foil to the attacks of Trump in the past months. Like the millions who filled the streets during recent No Kings Marches, on May 1 thousands of workers and students decried Trump, the billionaire class, the war on Iran, attacks on immigrants at home, and the repression of the Left.
In New York City, the City University of New York’s (CUNY) Professional Staff Congress (PSC) union marched with 700 members, and were joined by the Immigrant Solidarity Working Groups (ISWG) of various campuses. The Graduate Center PSC had its own contingent: at a chapter meeting, the campus’s ISWG proposed three demands for the contingent, which were overwhelmingly approved: Full Rights for Immigrants, Defeat of U.S. imperialism in Iran, Palestine and beyond, and to reinstate the Fired Fourth, the CUNY adjunct who was fired for their Palestine activism last year.
Below, we compile another installment of Voices From CUNY, where students and workers share their reflections from the contingent and May Day.
Student at the CUNY Graduate Center
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