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The following screed was posted on Hunter-L, a Hunter College listserv, in response to a petition posted to support OCCUPY WALL STREET. Hunter-L is used by faculty and students and staff for disseminating information and has a long history of turbulence and relevance . The petition can be found much further down in this blog.
Will be attending a press conference today with several students about the SUS program for a campaign to help present and former U.S. military folks dealing with serious issues.
Each day 18 current or former military personnel take their own lives. Over 2,300 active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces have killed themselves since January, 2001.
SUS is introducing a series of public service announcements focusing on significant issues facing U.S. military members, such as the epidemic level of suicides by active and former members of the U.S. military.
Each day 18 current or former military personnel take their own lives, according to SUS. The public service campaign will feature personal pictures and home videos provided by the suicide victims families. Over 2300 active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces have taken their own lives since January of 2001. Listen here.
The Usual Suspects
True Liberation Begins at Home: A reminder to my Colleagues after several of their names appeared in a petition being circulated on Hunter-L, a principal Hunter College listserv, in support of OCCUPY WALL STREET. A copy of the petition is just below this note included in an Hunter-L post response about the petition:
Click here for her blogtalkradio episode.
The WORD’s Senior Editor Colleen Siuzdak is running down this story first reported by Leonard Levitt on his NYPD Confidential, about New York’s Finest (several of whom have been indicted in a ticket-fixing scandal; check out NY Daily News, Your Free Press, Huffington Post, Hizb ut-Tahrir America, et. al).
