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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Julie Cavanagh: The Truth Behind Won't Back Down

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The leadership of our national and local unions do not help when they call for "solutions" and collaboration with deformers ins...
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Salon: "Won't Back Down" is an offensive, lame union-bashing drama, which somehow stars Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal

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Someone needs to launch an investigation into what combination of crimes, dares, alcoholic binges and lapses in judgment got Viola Davis...
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Where Were TFA/E4E Types During the Chicago Strike?

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UPDATED: Sept. 26, 3PM Did you notice no talk of scabs in Chicago? Where were the TFA people? I think that was one of the most remarkable...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Randi and Karen on the Strike

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Needless to say, Weingarten's attempt to leech onto the reflected glory of the CTU's struggle, after everything she's done to ...
Monday, September 24, 2012

Stills: Real Parents Don't Back Down at Premiere of Won't Back Down

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Here are some stills I took at yesterday's  Parents to Hold Red Carpet Event Protesting Lies,... Will try to get some video up later. ...
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Did Education Nation Blacklist Me for a Press Pass?

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I have a funny feeling The Wave will not be invited back [to Education Nation] next year. -- Ed Notes, September 30, 2011 Hi Norm, Unfor...
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Sunday, September 23, 2012

 Parents to Hold Red Carpet Event Protesting Lies, Distortions in New Movie “Won’t Back Down” 

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For Planning Purposes Only: 9/21/12 Contact; Stuart Marques, (917) 273-6194;tel:(917)%20273-6194 stuart@stuartmarquescommunications.com...

NBC's Education Nation: [Laughably] One-Sided Once Again? Where is Karen Lewis?

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# educationnation You won't see Teacher Julie Cavanagh and Parent Lydia Bellahcene (A Real-Life "Won't Back Down" St...
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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Teacher Julie Cavanagh and Parent Lydia Bellahcene: A Real-Life "Won't Back Down" Story

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Our story doesn't fit into simplistic narrative that the makers of “Won’t Back Down” would like to portray:   that teacher unions are...

Analyzing the Chicago Contract

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James Eterno's take at the ICE blog. GRADING THE CHICAGO STRIKE IS NOT EASY People have been asking if the teachers who were o...
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NYC Parents Won't Back Down - Rally Before Film Premiere - Sunday

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Please consider coming to this event and help spread the word! PARENTS " Won’t Back Down" FROM FIGHTING THE CORPORATE TAKEOV...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Irony: Chicago Community Organizers Supported the Teacher Union

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Obama's successors in Chicago take a different tack towards teachers. The collaborative and other neighborhood groups were working wit...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

ATRs Meet Today/Send Letter to Chicago Teachers

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...the stories from teachers with lunatic principals keep rolling in. The Curse of the ATR We thought that we had heard it all, but t...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Rahm Emanuel to Remove His Children From Lab School

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Ed Notes Exclusive: Celebrating the end of the strike and embarrassed over Chicago parent Matt Farmer's revelations of the kinds of pri...
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Socialist Worker: A victory for solidarity and struggle

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Here is the other side as follow-up to my last post from Modern School that branded the settlement as a defeat ( Modern School Views Strike...