Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Sun-Times blows it again on teacher planning time

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Sun-Times editorial asks: "But since when do salaried professionals watch the clock like hourly workers on an assembly line?" An...
Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Day 9 of Chicago teachers strike. Sun-Times gives a full page to the charter hustlers

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In the wake of horrific Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Univ. of Chicago economist Milton Friedman  called the event "an opportunity to ra...
Monday, October 28, 2019

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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A blue sign, reading “Veterans for Impeachment,” grabbed national audience views at the World Series last night, when the cameras trained ...
Monday, October 21, 2019

Sun-Times' phony support for CPS sports teams

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Sun-Times says, Simeon needs the teachers strike to end sooner than the rest of the Public League  We have to wonder, if the strike con...
Thursday, October 17, 2019

On the way to the picket line...

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William Estrada, CTU member, Visual Arts teacher, Telpochcalli Elementary School. (Alan Maass) It's a cold and blustery morning in C...
Monday, October 14, 2019

Big corps not "fleeing" IL over $15/hr minimum wage after all.

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Crain's begs Amazon: "Come to Chicago. We have plenty of low-paid workers here." Last year we defeated the Rahm/Rahner pl...
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

There were three teacher strikes when Harold Washington was mayor

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The 19-day CTU strike in 1987 was longest in city history In 1983, Harold Washington made history in two ways. He became Chicago's ...
Monday, October 7, 2019

QUOTABLES

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"I will destroy and obliterate the economy of Turkey" -- Stable Genius I'm seriously trying to avoid quotes from the Stab...
Saturday, October 5, 2019

Looking for something better to come from vitriolic contract talks

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Striking CTU members gather over two days to study the 2012 contract offer before voting to end the strike.  The contract talks between ...
Monday, September 30, 2019

WEEKEND QUOTABLES -- 'Savages'

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DT calls for "civil war" if he's impeached.  I usually try and limit myself to only one hair-brained or fascist quote from...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

What's happened to Chicago schools since Arne Duncan got Judge Kocoras to lift the deseg consent decree

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Students wait for the bus in front of Bouchet Elementary Math & Science Academy in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. More than 7...
Monday, September 23, 2019

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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Biggest climate protests in history.  Climate activist Greta Thunberg  "We are not just some young people skipping school,’ sh...
Monday, September 16, 2019

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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BIRMINGHAM SUNDAY--56 years ago, white supremacists bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL, killing four girls and...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Talk about privilege. Rich get to live longer. Poor & middle class don't.

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"Poverty is a life-threatening issue for millions of people in this country, and this report confirms it." —Sen. Bernie Sanders...
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Cunningham's response to the devastation of black communities? Bring in 'new people'.

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Just when you think we've heard the last from the disastrous duo of Arne Duncan and Peter Cunningham , they become media go-to guys ...
Monday, September 9, 2019

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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Chris Christie and Rahm Emanuel share a laugh during a segment attacking Medicare for All on ABC's "This Week."  MapLigh...
Monday, September 2, 2019

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot greets supporters Saturday ahead of the Southeast Side Labor Day parade. Don Villar, Chicago Federation of Labo...