WHO WE ARE
We are an autonomous group of Vassar students who resist the corporatization of our college. We resist the transformation of members of our community into interchangeable and disposable parts. We resist the centralization of decision-making and the obfuscation of information which leads to a spiral of disempowerment.
We believe radical and structural change is the only way out of this cycle. We seek more horizontal and participatory modes of decision-making. For this we demand easy access to information. What information are we talking about? Everything that we can legally look at.
We are some uppity motherfuckers.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
We believe that to create radical change we must take radical action. That is action that attempts to reach the root of the problem. We do not mean violent actions, but actions informed by critical thinking, questioning, and problem-solving, though we acknowledge a diversity of tactics as a beautiful thing.
We refute the notion that mass is the only way to organize. History has shown that small groups of people can make a difference. We refuse to believe that we need a monolith to stop a monolith.
We neither feel nostalgia for a Vassar that never existed, nor do we subscribe to a notion of progress that says that things have to get better. We recognize that every positive change that has made Vassar more egalitarian has come from a struggle between those with institutional power and those without.
WHO AND WHAT WE ARE NOT
We are not: the Campus Solidarity Working Group, the VSA council, liberals, or nice little boiz and grrrlz.
WHAT TIME IS IT?
It is time for action.
It is not time for niceties.
People are losing their jobs.
XOXO,
Some Uppity Motherfuckers
Some Uppity Motherfuckers
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