The Socialism 2013 Conference agenda is out! And look who made the cover of the program. Not Che, not Moa, not Lenin, Stalin or Marx. The Chicago Teachers Union! Since the early days of the Occupy movement in October 2011, the ties between the radical institutional left and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) were becoming very clear....
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The radical Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is once again in the news for doing what they do best – pushing their agenda in the name of the city’s children. After Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced that it would close 54 under-performing and underutilized (schools in which the number of students does not come close...
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Last week, Chicago Teachers staged a massive protest demonstration in downtown Chicago. Their union brought in, none other than notable anarchist revolutionary Lisa Fithian to provide “non-violent civil disobedience” training to the teachers, in preparation for the march. Two members of the Chicago Teachers Union were arrested for Battery of Yours Truly, during the CTU’s “non-violent...
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At a Chicago Teachers Union protest in November, NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski refused to coverChicago Teachers Union members’ connection to the International Socialist Organization and told me Breitbart News was “full of s**t,” after I asked him if he would do so. Tuesday night, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr followed suit by also refusing to cover those same...
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On day two of the Chicago Teachers Union strikes, thousands of the highest-paid teachers in the country once again occupied the streets, causing a traffic nightmare for the taxpaying—and working—residents of Chicago. Teachers proudly marched in solidarity with the International Socialists Organization, Occupy Chicago, and dozens of other far left-wing radical organizations. When asked...
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On July 11, CPS held simultaneous budget meetings at three locations throughout the city – Kennedy-King College, Malcolm X College and Daley College – to discuss next year’s proposed budget and receive feedback from the community. The Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign (CTSC) – the group that resulted from the unification of CTU members, Occupy...
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On June 26, The Chicago Teachers Union joined forces with Occupy Chicago in an effort to, according to Occupy Chicago Labor Working Group leader Susan Dirr, begin the process of building solidarity for the CTU. Their reasoning: instead of reacting to a blow, they want to prepare a preemptive attack against CPS and Rahm...
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Chuck Wemstrom was a public school teacher beginning in the early 1970s through 1999, when he retired from Hyde Park Career Academy – part of CPS. Wemstrom, now a contributor to the Opinion section in the Freeport (IL) Journal Standard, penned a piece offering his thoughts on the current battle ensuing between the Chicago...
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Monday night Chicago Teachers Union and Occupy Chicago protesters, along with some local residents, showed up in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood to protest converting 18 public schools into charter schools. While none of the schools considered for conversion are in the north-side neighborhood, these community organizers chose this location specifically because it is where...
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The following video features the demands made by Occupy Chicago activists, Andy Thayer and Joe Iosbaker, during the invasion they led into City Hall yesterday. The march of the moochers stormed the building and marched clockwise in the lobby, rather than their usual counter-clockwise marching. The angry mob then proceeded to the 5th floor,...
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