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Education Today – March 22, 2023
Holy Names University announced that it was closing this term and that the Board intended to “sell to the highest bidder.” We hear details on what that means and the opposition to it from two students and a city council member.
What makes one group of people show up and stand up for another group’s interests? Manijeh Moradian describes how what she calls affects of solidarity spurred Iranian student leftists in the U.S. to become active in Black liberation, Palestine liberation, and other radical movements and struggles of the 1960s and ‘70s. Manijeh Moradian, This Flame … Continued
Guest: David Waldstreicher is a Professor of history at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is the author of Slavery’s Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification (2009); Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery and the American Revolution (2004); In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820 (1997), and his latest, The Odyssey of … Continued
CA’s Progressive Legislative Proposals; Plus, LA School Staff on Strike while Oakland Teachers Plan a Wildcat Strike Action
A new legislative session is upon us in California, so, we spend some time walking through just a few of the more progressive bills folks will be pushing. Joining me to discuss is Eric Morrison-Smith, the Executive Director for the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color, a national network of community and advocacy organizations coming … Continued
San Joaquin Valley Floods threaten Allensworth; Plus, what came of anti-war movement with Phyllis Bennis
0:08 — Lois Henry, is a reporter, editor and CEO at SJV Water, an independent, nonprofit news site dedicated to covering water in the San Joaquin Valley 0:20 — Kayode Kadara, is co-founder of TAC farm in Allensworth, where he’s been organizing neighbors to defend against floodwaters 0:33 — Phyllis Bennis is a Middle East … Continued