Comments on: Statement on the Occupation of The Cooper Union [ARCHIVE] https://artsandlabor.org/statement-on-the-occupation-of-the-cooper-union/ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:22:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 By: Our day with students at Cooper Union | [ARCHIVE] https://artsandlabor.org/statement-on-the-occupation-of-the-cooper-union/#comment-24526 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:22:41 +0000 http://artsandlabor.org/?p=1051#comment-24526 […] http://artsandlabor.org/statement-on-the-occupation-of-the-cooper-union/ Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this. PermalinkLeave a comment […]

]]> By: Paul Werner [ARCHIVE] https://artsandlabor.org/statement-on-the-occupation-of-the-cooper-union/#comment-23508 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:36:30 +0000 http://artsandlabor.org/?p=1051#comment-23508 Funny, there was a time, oh so long ago, when Cooper Union’s mission was to provide free education: free education to all that is, not merely free education to a select elite. Peter Cooper’s intention was, that anyone was welcome to the lectures and seminars given at the Cooper Union, even and especially the working people of the Lower East Side. (One of the grateful graduates, BTW, was Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor.)

I wonder if those who displayed this banner calling for “Free Education for All,” are aware of how patronizing and insulting it is to the neighborhood and people they continue to deprive of their rights.

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