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Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Compare the Power of the UFT to Hotel Trades Council

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In recent years, it [Hotel Trades Council] has helped scuttle an attempt to rezone a swath of Midtown Manhattan, halted the conversion of...
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Sunday, January 5, 2020

Charter School Scandals and Outrages

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A few quick charter updates. Steven Singer: Every Charter School Must Be Closed Down – Every. Single. One.... https://gadflyonthewallblog....
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Saturday, January 4, 2020

Iran Response: Are People Like Graham and O'Connel in Danger?

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I've read stories about Suleimani for years and was thus shocked that Trump would take out such a prominent target who was a fairly publ...
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Wednesday, January 1, 2020

NYT: How a Chase Bank Chairman Helped the Deposed Shah of Iran Enter the U.S.

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....a newly disclosed secret history from the offices of Mr. Rockefeller shows in vivid detail how Chase Manhattan Bank and its well-conn...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

The Nation: The Democrats' School Choice Problem

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Remember - Al Shanker's major reason for the charter school idea was to counter vouchers. The Trump Party has moved from charters to vou...

The 3,000 Americans Who Fought Fascism Before World War II - Jeremy Scahill

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intercepted with Jeremy Scahill For Whom the Trump Trolls What the Abraham Lincoln Brigade can teach us about fighting fascism in the 2...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019

NYT David Leonhardt: How ‘Centrist Bias’ Hurts Sanders and Warren -

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Political and economic journalism too often assumes otherwise and treats the center as inherently sensible. This year’s Democratic presi...
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Yaffed's press conference responding to the revelation of foot-dragging by the city and state in taking action to ensure Yeshivas provide an adequate education to their students

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Leonie's account of the Yaffed presser this AM responding to foot-dragging of the Mayor and the state, along with the full statements m...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Leonie Haimson: What lessons should the Council learn from two failed Task forces

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Rather than halting the creation of all future Task Forces, the Speaker and Council Members should make sure that in future, the legislati...
Saturday, December 14, 2019

Charter Astro-Turf Protest at AFT Forum in Pittsburgh While Booker Chickens Out

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Arthur is reporting from the big education forum with some Dem candidates in Pittsburgh. First a message from our leader, Randi: I’m in P...
Thursday, December 12, 2019

Peter Greene: What To Watch For At The Democratic Education Town Hall In Pittsburgh

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They are largely pro-public education; at least one pro-charter ed reform group (the Center for Education Reform) has put out an e-mail ...
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The Clash of Capitalisms The Real Fight for the Global Economy’s Future - Foreign Affairs

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Capitalism has no rival, but its two variants offer significantly different ways of structuring political and economic power.... politician...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Buttigieg and the Charter School Lobby - Not a Pretty Picture

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While his education plan was enthusiastically endorsed by American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, who has praised al...

A Threat to the Democratic Party: Alliance of Working Family Party and Democratic Socialists

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“W.F.P. had the strategy and the know-how and we combined that with what D.S.A. does best, which is boots-on-the-ground organizing,” Ms. ...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

How to go from voting Communist to Right Wing - NYT

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The country's [Italy's] new politics are often attributed to anger over migrants. But the story begins decades ago, when China fi...
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Sunday, December 8, 2019

How the Cool Kids of the Left Turned on Elizabeth Warren - POLITICO

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The socialists of Jacobin magazine used to treat her like a promising alternative to Bernie Sanders. Now they write as if she’s almost as ...
Friday, December 6, 2019

Almost Two Thirds of Americans back Elizabeth Warren's proposed tax on wealthy including over 57% of Republicans

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57% of Republicans support the Warren wealth tax? Holy crap. Note in the chart below that her tax favorability rose 2% with Republicans from...
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