Workers and Students, Fight Back Against Cutbacks
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Workers And Students, Fight Back Against Cutbacks
SUPPORT CUNY STRIKERS —
GENERAL STRIKE AGAINST
POLICE ATTACKS!
Dinkins, Cuomo, and the Police Department don’t want workers and students to learn from the
militancy of CUNY students who are fighting against racist cutbacks.
On Monday, April 8, more than 50 students took over City College in response to the $96 million
budget cuts from the CUNY system. The actions on April 8 were followed by the take over of BMCC,
Hostos College, Lehman College, New York City Technical College, Hunter College, and others.
When Bush, Cuomo, and Dinkins declared 1991 the year of the children, they did not say that it
was the year that 1 out of 3 children in New York are starving, that millions of dollars are going to be
cut in children’s education; millions in social programs, and millions in health care, etc.
The CUNY strike is everybody’s fight. Workers throughout the city should support the strike. The
strike represents what every student and worker should be doing in their schools and jobs to fight against
racist cutbacks.
General Strike to Support Students from Police Attacks
Dinkins and Cuomo are threatening to attack the students with the police. When the police attacks,
every worker in every factory and office, every parent, every student in every school should go on strike
to show that workers and students will unite to fight back against cutbacks and police brutality.
Defending the CUNY strikers is important because the cutbacks proposed by Cuomo and the ruling
class are not only affecting the students. They are affecting the workers with givebacks, wage freezes,
layoffs, reductions in social services, health care, etc. We cannot let the police keep its wave of brutal
racist attacks to go unpunished. They have already brutalized youths in the streets; now they are going
to attack them in their schools. GENERAL STRIKE AGAINST ANY ATTACKS!
On May 4 the International Committee Against Racism and the Progressive Labor Party invite all
students and workers to join the March on May Day (International Workers’ Day) to demonstrate in
front of the White House and tell George Bush that we are not going to take it anymore. FIGHT
BACKUHOIN NCAR"! Saturday, May 4th. Washington, D.C.
March On
MAY DAY
SMASH RACISM WORLDWIDE
Strike Against Layoffs & Cutbacks
BUSES LEAVE AT 6:00 A.M. FROM: BROOKLYN: Flatbush & Church
per : Woodbine & Irving * BRONX: Fordham Road & Grand Concourse
: 137th Street & Broadway, 175th Street & St. Nicholas
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL:
(212) 629-0002
Trabajadores y Estudiantes, iA Luchar contra los
R Pr rios!
iAPOYAR A ESTUDIANTES DE CUNY —
HACER HUELGA GENERAL CONTRA
LOS ATAQUES POLICIACOS!
Dinkins, Cuomo y el Departamento de la Policia no quieren que los trabajadores y estudiantes
aprendan de la militancia de los estudiantes de CUNY, quienes estan luchando contra los recortes
presupuestarios.
E] lunes, 8 de abril, un grupo de 50 estudiantes aproximadamente tomaron a City College en
respuesta al recorte presupuestario de $96 millones del sistema de CUNY. Las acciones del 8 de abril
fueron imitadas por estudiantes de universidades como BMCC, Hostos College, Lehman College, New
York City Technical College, Hunter College, y otros.
Cuando Bush, Cuomo y Dinkins declararon 1991 el afio de los nifios, ellos no dijeron que era el
afio en el que 1 de cada 3 nifios pasa hambre en Nueva York, que millones de délares seran quitados
de la educacién de los nifios, millones en programas sociales y en el cuidado médico.
La huelga de los estudiantes de CUNY es la lucha de todos. Los trabajadores enla ciudad deben
apoyar esta huelga, la cual representa lo que cada estudiante y trabajador debe hacer en "1s escuelas y
lugares de trabajo para luchar contra los recortes prespuestarios.
Hacer Huelga General Para Defender a Estudiantes de Ataques de la Poiicia
Dinkins y Cuomo estén amenazando a los estudiantes con la policia. Cuando la policia ataque, cada
trabajador en cada fabrica y oficina, cada padre y madre, cada estudiante e todas las escuelas debe de
irse en huelga para demostrar que los trabajadores y estudiantes se uniran para luchar contra los recortes
presupuestarios y la brutalidad policiaca. Defender a los estudiantes de CUNY es mas importante
porque los recortes presupuestarios propuestos por el Gobernador Cuomo y la clase gobernante no
sdlo estan afectando a los estudiantes, sino que estan afectando también a los trabajadores con
concesiones, congelaciones salariales, despidos, reducciones en los servicios sociales y en el cuidado
médico, etc. No podemos permitir que los ataques de la policia contra los trabajadores permanezca
impune. Ellos ya han atacado brutalmente a los jévenes en las calles; ahora ellos van a atacarlos en sus
escuelas. HAGAMOS UNA HUELGA GENERAL CONTRA CUALQUIER ATAQUE!
E] Comité Anti-Racista Internacional y el Partido Laboral Progresista invitan a todos los estudian-
tes y trabajadores a que se unan a nosotros en la Marcha del Dia del Trabajo (El Dia Internacional de
los Trabajadores) para manifestarnos frente ala Casa Blanca y decirle a George Bush que no seguiremos
soportando estos ataques. iA LUCHAR! iUNANSE AL InCAR!
Marcha
Dia Del Trabajo
PARA MAS INFORMACION LLAME: sdbado 4 de mayo.
(212) 629-0002 Washington D.C.
AUTOBUSES SALEN A LAS 6:00 A.M. DE: BROOKLYN: Flatbush Y Church
Paper S Woodbine Y Irving * BRONX: Fordham Road Y Grand Concourse
: Calle 137 Y Broadway, Calle 175 Y St. Nicholas
SUPPORT CUNY STRIKERS —
GENERAL STRIKE AGAINST
POLICE ATTACKS!
Dinkins, Cuomo, and the Police Department don’t want workers and students to learn from the
militancy of CUNY students who are fighting against racist cutbacks.
On Monday, April 8, more than 50 students took over City College in response to the $96 million
budget cuts from the CUNY system. The actions on April 8 were followed by the take over of BMCC,
Hostos College, Lehman College, New York City Technical College, Hunter College, and others.
When Bush, Cuomo, and Dinkins declared 1991 the year of the children, they did not say that it
was the year that 1 out of 3 children in New York are starving, that millions of dollars are going to be
cut in children’s education; millions in social programs, and millions in health care, etc.
The CUNY strike is everybody’s fight. Workers throughout the city should support the strike. The
strike represents what every student and worker should be doing in their schools and jobs to fight against
racist cutbacks.
General Strike to Support Students from Police Attacks
Dinkins and Cuomo are threatening to attack the students with the police. When the police attacks,
every worker in every factory and office, every parent, every student in every school should go on strike
to show that workers and students will unite to fight back against cutbacks and police brutality.
Defending the CUNY strikers is important because the cutbacks proposed by Cuomo and the ruling
class are not only affecting the students. They are affecting the workers with givebacks, wage freezes,
layoffs, reductions in social services, health care, etc. We cannot let the police keep its wave of brutal
racist attacks to go unpunished. They have already brutalized youths in the streets; now they are going
to attack them in their schools. GENERAL STRIKE AGAINST ANY ATTACKS!
On May 4 the International Committee Against Racism and the Progressive Labor Party invite all
students and workers to join the March on May Day (International Workers’ Day) to demonstrate in
front of the White House and tell George Bush that we are not going to take it anymore. FIGHT
BACKUHOIN NCAR"! Saturday, May 4th. Washington, D.C.
March On
MAY DAY
SMASH RACISM WORLDWIDE
Strike Against Layoffs & Cutbacks
BUSES LEAVE AT 6:00 A.M. FROM: BROOKLYN: Flatbush & Church
per : Woodbine & Irving * BRONX: Fordham Road & Grand Concourse
: 137th Street & Broadway, 175th Street & St. Nicholas
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL:
(212) 629-0002
Trabajadores y Estudiantes, iA Luchar contra los
R Pr rios!
iAPOYAR A ESTUDIANTES DE CUNY —
HACER HUELGA GENERAL CONTRA
LOS ATAQUES POLICIACOS!
Dinkins, Cuomo y el Departamento de la Policia no quieren que los trabajadores y estudiantes
aprendan de la militancia de los estudiantes de CUNY, quienes estan luchando contra los recortes
presupuestarios.
E] lunes, 8 de abril, un grupo de 50 estudiantes aproximadamente tomaron a City College en
respuesta al recorte presupuestario de $96 millones del sistema de CUNY. Las acciones del 8 de abril
fueron imitadas por estudiantes de universidades como BMCC, Hostos College, Lehman College, New
York City Technical College, Hunter College, y otros.
Cuando Bush, Cuomo y Dinkins declararon 1991 el afio de los nifios, ellos no dijeron que era el
afio en el que 1 de cada 3 nifios pasa hambre en Nueva York, que millones de délares seran quitados
de la educacién de los nifios, millones en programas sociales y en el cuidado médico.
La huelga de los estudiantes de CUNY es la lucha de todos. Los trabajadores enla ciudad deben
apoyar esta huelga, la cual representa lo que cada estudiante y trabajador debe hacer en "1s escuelas y
lugares de trabajo para luchar contra los recortes prespuestarios.
Hacer Huelga General Para Defender a Estudiantes de Ataques de la Poiicia
Dinkins y Cuomo estén amenazando a los estudiantes con la policia. Cuando la policia ataque, cada
trabajador en cada fabrica y oficina, cada padre y madre, cada estudiante e todas las escuelas debe de
irse en huelga para demostrar que los trabajadores y estudiantes se uniran para luchar contra los recortes
presupuestarios y la brutalidad policiaca. Defender a los estudiantes de CUNY es mas importante
porque los recortes presupuestarios propuestos por el Gobernador Cuomo y la clase gobernante no
sdlo estan afectando a los estudiantes, sino que estan afectando también a los trabajadores con
concesiones, congelaciones salariales, despidos, reducciones en los servicios sociales y en el cuidado
médico, etc. No podemos permitir que los ataques de la policia contra los trabajadores permanezca
impune. Ellos ya han atacado brutalmente a los jévenes en las calles; ahora ellos van a atacarlos en sus
escuelas. HAGAMOS UNA HUELGA GENERAL CONTRA CUALQUIER ATAQUE!
E] Comité Anti-Racista Internacional y el Partido Laboral Progresista invitan a todos los estudian-
tes y trabajadores a que se unan a nosotros en la Marcha del Dia del Trabajo (El Dia Internacional de
los Trabajadores) para manifestarnos frente ala Casa Blanca y decirle a George Bush que no seguiremos
soportando estos ataques. iA LUCHAR! iUNANSE AL InCAR!
Marcha
Dia Del Trabajo
PARA MAS INFORMACION LLAME: sdbado 4 de mayo.
(212) 629-0002 Washington D.C.
AUTOBUSES SALEN A LAS 6:00 A.M. DE: BROOKLYN: Flatbush Y Church
Paper S Woodbine Y Irving * BRONX: Fordham Road Y Grand Concourse
: Calle 137 Y Broadway, Calle 175 Y St. Nicholas
Title
Workers and Students, Fight Back Against Cutbacks
Description
Calling for a general strike to support students, this May Day flyer argued that “When the police attack. . .workers and students will unite to fight back against cutbacks and police brutality.” Written in both Spanish and English, the flyer specifically outlined several recent student takeovers at various CUNY campuses in response to the $96 million budget cuts imposed on the CUNY system. The flyer named both Mayor David Dinkins and Governor Mario Cuomo as threatening to attack student strikers with the police. Students and workers were also invited to The Mayday march organized by the International Committee Against Racism and the Progressive Labor Party for May 4th in Washington.
The 1991 CUNY strikes were part of a larger story of austerity imposed on New York City and the community efforts to resist it. At the intersection of political activism and anthropology, on April 16th, students mainly from the Graduate Center Anthropology department occupied the Graduate Center in solidarity with undergraduate mobilization across CUNY against the threat of steep tuition hikes, massive budget cuts, and faculty layoffs. What began as a one-day strike turned into a ten-day take-over in which students and faculty practiced forms of participatory democracy, discussed the root causes of the problems being faced, and debated actions for change. Students often drew on CUNY’s history as the first urban, public institution of higher education in the United States to argue that education was a right and that the proposed measures threatened working-class New Yorker’s ability to receive an education.
Contributor
McCaffrey, Katherine
Date
May 1991 (Circa)
Language
English
Spanish
Rights
Copyrighted
Source
McCaffrey, Katherine
Original Format
Poster / Flier / Leaflet
“Workers and Students, Fight Back Against Cutbacks”. Letter. 1991, 1991, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/1698