Obama’s New Education Policy

Did folks catch this?
Obama announced his new education policy recently (read the Mercury News article here) … The three main elements were improved early childhood education (good), lift limits on charter schools (mixed bag), and link teacher pay to students performance on standardized testing (really bad). While early childhood education would be a marked improvment, [...]

The Leaders We’ve Been Waiting For

Commentary to come…. 
WE ARE THE LEADERS WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR
by Sandy Perry
My people’s suffering
pierced me, entangled
my soul like barbed wire:
gripped my heart:
I went to cry out at the crossroads,
I went out to weep, enveloped in mist,
I touched the doors and they wounded me
like sharp-pointed knives,
I called out to the impassive faces
that I adored before like [...]

What I have been slaving over recently

 Draft: Intermodal Trucker Labor Protest in Central Valley Stockton 
 
By Adam W.

This is a polished draft of the first section and I’m way behind on completing this project for my program. Maybe they are mad at me, maybe just letting me slide so far. Dunno. It didn’t help that in the week I planned to set aside everything to [...]

Say Hello To My Little Friends: The Three Spirits of Marx

 

The Three Spirits of Marx:
A Discussion on Divergent Legacies

 
The conflicting ideas present in the writings of Marx as both philosopher and social revolutionary have supplied over the last 150 years the rivers and tributaries of discussion around the contradictory elements present in his work and where we might take them. He has served as a [...]