Have you been following this story on the hacking of Sony Corporation and the North Korean insinuation? What started out as a hacking of a corporation and the theft of personal information, etc. has now morphed into a terrorist threat from North Korea even though there is yet to be a shred of evidence linking […]
Analysis: Lee Sustar http://socialistworker.org/2012/08/28/chicago-teachers-draw-a-line August 28, 2012 CAN THE scrappy band of outsiders that now heads the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) lead the kind of high-stakes fight that most labor unions have ducked? That question looms large-not just for the city’s teachers, students and their parents, but for the entire labor movement. Because while both […]
Produced by CORE (the Caucus of Rank and File Educators of the Chicago Teachers Union) and Chicago’s Labor Beat. Titled “CTU Strikes: 1968 - 1987”, the video was made during the summer of 2012 in conjunction with the four CORE “Successful Chicago Strikes” forums. It is now up and available on You Tube. The URL […]
In his bid to become the next mayor of Chicago, former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is attempting to get voters to focus on his education agenda instead of his lingering residency woes. Changing the subject is good for politics and Emmanuel’s support for vicious education policies mirror that of Arne Duncan, which […]
It is now more clear what happened with the Free Gaza Flotilla and, specifically, with the Mavi Marmara. First, a week or so prior to these events, Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emmanuel, held several secret meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Peres on May 26 & 27. Clearly, this was to express […]