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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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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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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Mahlon Mitchell, Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch’s opponent in the Wisconsin recall, has kept some questionable company throughout the past few months. Before Mitchell was officially declared the Democratic candidate, the President of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin union was consorting with Cornel West. West, a professor at Princeton University who has described himself...
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I am a member of UNITE HERE local 1 in Chicago. For the last 2 ½ years I have been patiently waiting for our union to settle contract disputes with the hotel I work for. 1800 of us are. When the contract first expired I was with the union, wanted to fight for pay...
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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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Letter to the editor: For the past two-and-a-half years I have been working with my coworkers to get a letter to our union demanding that they start representing us and settle our contract with our hotel. During that time my efforts have been met with ridicule, obstruction, malfeasance, and outright sabotage from the powers-that-be....
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Conservative radio host Vicki McKenna revealed that she received an email from a longtime listener Wednesday morning notifying her that McKenna’s name and address appeared on a recall petition for Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker. We had a chance to meet Vicki in outside of Governor Walker’s office with Andrew Breitbart during the Tax Day...
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There’s nothing to see here, move along. Unless that is, you agree with us–this is a big deal. Workers at Tower Defense and Aerospace were busted by Fox 2 Detroit smoking marijuana and drinking booze on their lunch breaks. The workers have a range of duties constructing parts for military vehicles and passenger airline...
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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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