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Thursday, July 30, 2020

Is the National Day of Action for Safe Schools (Aug. 3) a Precursor to a Nationwide Teacher Strike?

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Several of the nation’s most vocal teachers unions, including those in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, and Milwaukee are planning to join a n...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Kamala Harris as VP Will Cause Biden Harm - watch the polls and see if they drop if she is picked

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Krystal and Saagar on Rising today pointed to some proof that Harris is the one and also point out that she brings nothing to the table - ac...
Sunday, July 26, 2020

Hedge Fund Republican donors (Blackstone Steve Schwartzman) charged in Corruption in pensions in Kentucky exposed - David Sirota

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In a landmark case with potentially global implications, Kentucky’s newly elected Republican attorney general is targeting some of the ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Michael Brooks Death Impact on the Left (a certain segment) - Rest in Power

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Michael Brooks, a left light, died the other day at 37. What a sad day for the left and the progressive movement. I only became a fan a fe...
Monday, July 20, 2020

Sign the Petition In Support of Full Remote-Learning to Begin the 2020 School Year

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Already 3500 have signed in less than a day. Push it higher. A NYC teacher sent this: Hey Norm! My colleague and I wrote this petition to ...
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Sunday, July 19, 2020

Do Black Lives Matter Too? Not as much wnen looking through the lens of infant mortality and maternal deaths

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The latest figures from the C.D.C. indicate that for Black women, the maternal mortality rate is 37.1 deaths per 100,000 live births. It’...
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Sunday, July 5, 2020

Beyond AOC - Bowman vs Charter Fave Hakim, Bowman Stood Up to NYCDOE Goons, Farina on Opt Out Etc. - Pelosi Should be easy.

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I had a front row seat to the attacks on public education and teacher unions --- Jamaal Bowman. Bowman called for a national moratorium on c...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

BERNIE WAS RIGHT - Virus testing wildly varying prices proves why we need single payer

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Such discrepancies arise from a fundamental fact about the American health care system: The government does not regulate health care prices...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Bowman/Engel/Etc - Epic Battle for Soul of Dem Party, UFT Leaders Back Engel Against Progressive Educator, Warren/Bernie Vs Hillary/Cuomo/Randi

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The UFT is not backing the progressive educator in the Bowman/Engel battle who is not in favor of all the ed deform stuff that hit teachers ...
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Monday, June 22, 2020

Bowman/Engel Battle - Countering Right wing/Republcan PAC Attacks

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The progressive education community of which Jamaal Bowman has been part of for years, is supporting him. But the UFT leadership is not - no...
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Thursday, June 18, 2020

Edén Pastora Dies: How We Interferred in Nicaragua - Obsession with Russia Interference minimizes real history

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With secret C.I.A. support, Mr. Pastora assembled a large force of guerrilla fighters, calling it the Democratic Revolutionary Alliance. It...
Monday, June 15, 2020

Exposing the Dem Party Divide- Progressives Support Jamaal Bowman for Congress while Black Congress Caucus, Hillary, UFT Back Eliot Engel -

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Bowman is anti-charter and anti high stakes testing and pro teacher. At the very least they should have been neutral. The UFT is so tied to...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

Keeping Order in the Classroom is highest priority - Teachers Are Police Without Guns - But Not Always

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I've been thinking about the role police and teachers play - and there are some similarities. But I'm also thinking of how differ...
Friday, June 12, 2020

Teacher Defeats AntiEd State Senator in WV Republican Primary

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The Republican primary election in West Virginia which resulted in an upset of a state leader by a teacher who had the support of the state ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020

WWII - When Everyone was Antifa - Hitler and Muscolini Saw them as terrorists - the world saw them as brave heroes

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Since I was a kid (- and remember - that was the 1950s and early 60s - not all that long after WWII) I was fascinated by The Resistance mov...
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