Phenotype, Class, and Oakland Public Education

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MEDIA ROOTS — Among the lot of what is being starved under Obama’s junk economics austerity, schools are being underfunded and then attacked for struggling to perform academically.  Economic hitmen then move in to push the privatizations and the underlying attacks on labour, particularly since teachers are among the last segments of the workforce that are still organized.

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The War Against the OEA and Oakland Public Education 

A report by retired OEA leader Jack Gerson

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Photo by flickr user Abdulrahman.stock

January 27, 2012

MEDIA ROOTS — Pending.

[Everything’s being starved under Obama’s junk economics austerity.  So, schools are underfunded and then attacked for struggling to perform academically.  Then the economic hitmen and women can move in to push the privatizations and the underlying attacks on labour, particularly as teachers are among the last segments of the workforce that are still organized.]

[“This is union-busting.  We have to be clear about it.  It doesn’t have to succeed.  We can fight this.  Parents are organising against this.” Jack Gerson (Public Education Advocate; Oakland Education Associati

January 27, 2012

 

MEDIA ROOTS — Pending.

 

[Everything’s being starved under Obama’s junk economics austerity.  So, schools are underfunded and then attacked for struggling to perform academically.  Then the economic hitmen and women can move in to push the privatizations and the underlying attacks on labour, particularly as teachers are among the last segments of the workforce that are still organized.]

 

Jack Gerson:  “This is union-busting.  We have to be clear about it.  It doesn’t have to succeed.  We can fight this.  Parents are organizing against this.”  Jack Gerson (Oakland Education Association, retired)on, retired)]

January 27, 2012

 

MEDIA ROOTS — Pending.

 

[Everything’s being starved under Obama’s junk economics austerity.  So, schools are underfunded and then attacked for struggling to perform academically.  Then the economic hitmen and women can move in to push the privatizations and the underlying attacks on labour, particularly as teachers are among the last segments of the workforce that are still organized.]

 

Jack Gerson:  “This is union-busting.  We have to be clear about it.  It doesn’t have to succeed.  We can fight this.  Parents are organizing ” [c. 30:22/33:31] 

 

January 27, 2012

MEDIA ROOTS — Pending.

[Everything’s being starved under Obama’s junk economics austerity.  So, schools are underfunded and then attacked for struggling to perform academically.  Then the economic hitmen and women can move in to push the privatizations and the underlying attacks on labour, particularly as teachers are among the last segments of the workforce that are still organized.]

[“This is union-busting.  We have to be clear about it.  It doesn’t have to succeed.  We can fight this.  Parents are organizing ” Jack Gerson (Oakland Education Association, retired)]

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