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"I urge teachers to broaden their strike and fight to mobilize all school workers, public employees, auto workers, young people and unemployed workers behind them and in opposition to the united front of Democrats and Republicans, the media and big business. The union leadership has no intention of waging such a fight."
"Teachers should organize rank-and-file committees to take control of the conduct of the struggle and oversee the contract negotiations."
Corrupt politicians and corporate profiteers say "How dare teachers strike!" Democrats and Republicans are like-minded. Media scoundrels support them. Teachers are treated like "serfs revolting against their lords."
Parents and kids are treated like they don't matter. Public education isn't mentioned nor its importance. Teachers know what works in classrooms and what doesn't. Principles are hired to enforce federal, state, and City Hall diktats.
What's best for super-rich elites harms most others. Good schools, teaching and learning are incompatible with profit making. Democratic values and social rights can't survive under mandated unequal conditions.
Chicago teachers have a chance to change things. It's their jobs, their schools, and their choice. The futures for thousands of Chicago kids depend on them. They have hours left to do the right thing.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at Email address removed .
His new book is titled "How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War"
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