Tag: Anti-Militarism

  • building an antiracist stem space at UChicago

    by ourSTEM, November 7, 2024, 11:50 /// ourSTEM is a new anti-racist, anti-misogynist, anti-transphobic, decolonial spaces for STEM students at UChicago. Our goals are: -to provide a space for students that explores the potential of our STEM educations when they’re not just used for weapons, war, surveillance, or private capital, -to provide academic and community…

  • Quantum Campus: The $9 billion DoD testing ground coming to the South Side in 2025

    by UChicago Dissenters, November 7, 2024, 11:40 /// The U.S. Department of Defense and the State of Illinois announced in July 2024 plans to build a $9,000,000,000 ‘quantum campus’ at the former South Works steel mill site on the Southeast Side.
This quantum campus is a collaboration between the DOD, Pritzker, Brandon Johnson, and the Chicago…

  • Coffee Chats with the CIA: On Campus Recruiting During Ongoing Genocide

    by UChicago Dissenters Organizer, February 20, 2024, 1:42 /// According to the University of Chicago’s Handshake page, on February 22nd students (but only those who are US citizens, of course) have the opportunity to register for a “coffee chat” with CIA representatives. While the opportunity to sit down and talk with a government agent may…

  • SJP and UCUP say: No Business as Usual During Genocide

    by SJP Organizer, February 19, 2024, 21:49 /// On February 16, while the University of Chicago conducted a disciplinary hearing against Students for Justice in Palestine at UChicago (SJP) for our “disruptive” protest tactics, we sent a message to the University Administration loud and clear: There will be no business as usual during genocide.  We…