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Monday, January 21, 2019

On Racism

Growing up in the East NY section of Brooklyn, I considered myself a liberal, though racism was endemic in my circle of friends. And I get h...

Saturday, January 19, 2019

#UFTElections: Busy Work for Caucus Members as Einstein Def of Insanity is Met

Despite my anti-election stance, as I said the other day on this blog , I will sign all petitions- if asked. I'm not volunteering unle...

Oakland Wildcat, Denver Teachers Will Vote on Strike

Second Wildcat Strike planned for January 18; Oakland teachers could vote to strike at start of February. LA teachers, the Wildcat Und...

Friday, January 18, 2019

Splainin' the Goldstein/Schirtzer Caucus Decision to Run With Unity

While I (Norm) would not have made the same choice Mike and Arthur did and I won't vote for them, in the context of what has happene...

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Democratic Socialism Isn’t Social Democracy - Jacobin

The Nordic countries — Finland, Norway, and Sweden — are social democracies. They have constitutional representative democracies, extens...

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

UFT Election Petition Day at Delegate Assembly - I will sign all petitions

I remember leaving the 2013 UFT election count and going to a MORE "victory" party at a bar where there were almost 100 people ...

Dems Divide Over LA Strike - Is it charter schools? - Ravitch Heads to LA

"The choice is very clear. You can be on the side of teachers or you can be on the side of Arne Duncan, Betsy DeVos, and those who wan...

Monday, January 14, 2019

Lessons: UTLA History - Union Power Organized a Coalition and Ran to Win

I've been real impressed with the work the team leading UTLA have done in getting ready for the strike, preparations which began when th...

LA Strike: Charters are on the table

So far the press and public seem to be on the side of the union - though I wish they would make it very clear that the Supt, Austin Beutner...

UTLA on Strike: Litmus test for Dem 2020 Pres Candidates - Show up on picket line

The UTLA strike puts the hordes running for the Dem nomination in 2020, a number of them charter school supporters, in a delicate position. ...

Sunday, January 13, 2019

Unity Caucus to Independents: We'll Waive Loyalty Oath and Joining Unity

With UFT elections upon us, Unity Caucus leaders, well aware of UFT activists alienated by the ideologically restricted environment of the M...

Saturday, January 12, 2019

Leonie Haimson/Valerie Strauss - Why 30,000 Los Angeles teachers are ready to strike over huge class sizes - WAPO

The main issue under contention is not salary, where the two sides are close together; Superintendent Austin Beutner has offered a 6 perce...

Friday, January 11, 2019

Los Angeles Teachers Reject Latest LAUSD Offer

The press focuses on the salary issue. While always crucial it is not the main issue. There is already a critique from the world socialist w...

AOC Meets Mainstream Press - Krugman, Dowd, Friedman, 60 Minutes, Meet the Press

Over the past weekend, AOC was featured in all of the above with some of the most progressive ideas put on the table in decades. Yet the far...

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Whither/Wither The Opposition -- Past, Present and Future Tense - Part 1

Whither: to what place or state. -- - old Eng. Wither: become dry and shriveled. What will be the state of the opposition in the UFT at ...

Monday, January 7, 2019

UFT Elections: The Caucus of Goldstein and Schirtzer - Will They Throw Their Hat into the Ring?

Here is an astounding idea. Get yourself a pal and form a caucus and even though you need 40 to get a slate on the ballot, you can still get...

UFT Caucus Roundup: Rallies Galore - Ed Notes, Dec. 2000

I'm running a series from the Ed Notes archives on UFT Elections Past, where the ghost of ed notes makes an appearance to haunt the mo...

Saturday, January 5, 2019

Breaking UFT Election News: A Gaggle of Caucuses Throw Their Wings Into the Race

Ed. Notes has learned exclusively that even more caucuses will be running in the UFT elections [in addition to the current ones, New Action,...

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