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April 13, 2009

Connecticut Student Paper Editor Dismissed for Activist Ties
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At Central Connecticut State University, the opinion editor at the
school’s newspaper has been dismissed because she is a member of a
socialist club on campus. The paper’s editor fired Marissa Blaszko last
month citing her antiwar activism and her membership in the Youth for
Socialist Action club. Blaszko said, “We shouldn’t have to swear off our
interest in activism, or hide our opposition to a war, to work for our
campus newspaper.”



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