Columbia
Student
Solidarity
Network
CSSN holds a meeting every Thursday night at 8pm in the Dodge Room of Earl Hall unless otherwise noted

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About CSSN


 


CSSN is one of the few progressive political groups on the Columbia Campus. One of our main purposes on campus is to achieve real dialogue between students and the Columbia Administration on the subject of progressive ideology. We are attempting to create this dialogue as an alternative to merely trusting the administration to act with student interests and ideologies in mind.

Off campus, we organize students to go to rallies and to stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in New York City, New York State, the United States, and the world, supporting those who are fighting for the right to live in a just society.

Recently our group gathered in support of a rally lead by the National Labor Committee. The NLC is a progressive non-profit centered in NYC. The rally was against Disney and other companies who use sweat shop labor in countries like Haiti and then sell the product of this labor to US consumers.

CSSN Supports Campus Unions
Students for a Fair Contract (SFC) was a joint effort between several campus groups to put pressure on the administration to negotiate for a fair contract with local UAW 2110. This union represents 800 clerical workers on campus and SFC worked closely with these workers in winning them a fair contract. See the SFC homepage and the UAW 2110 homepage.


 


Contact Information

Students for a Sweat Free Campus       --- Greg Smith Check out the Anti-Sweatshop Campaign at Columbia
Wendy Diaz and other sweatshop workers in Honduras
Labor Action                                           --- Tavis Barr
Liberation Classes                                 --- Kevin Robbins
Treasurer & Communications                --- Benjamin J. Dubin-Thaler
CSSN Newsgroup                                 --- news.columbia.org.ssn


 


Future Plans


 


This page will include, in the future: The CSSN Newsletter, more detailed descriptions of our work, links to other progressive political sites, and a contest designed to come up with a better CSSN logo than the big box at the top of this page. Bear in mind that none of these changes would be possible without the highly applauded Enhancement and Enlargement program here at Columbia. And let's not forget that this same program has brought us Starbucks Coffee franchises in the library and an ID card which doubles as a credit card. Hooray!