Anti-Capitalist Public Workers to Protest Duncan Appearance
If you had any doubts that California actually is a manifestation of some improbable alternate universe, read the following press release from the United Public Workers for Action:
Union Buster and Privatizer Arne Duncan who is Obama’s US Secretary Of Education will be giving an address at DeAnza College on Friday June 25 at 5:00 PM and a protest will be held. Duncan welcomed the destruction of public education in New Orleans, supported the firing of the teachers in a Rhode Island labor dispute and is conspiring with corporate USA to destroy public education.
…The intent of the UPWA actions is to show public outrage at the Obama Administrations’ privatization of Public Education policies; policies which are severely impacting state and local Public Education. Duncan, who is credited with raising test scores and educational standards in Chicago, actually facilitated the further privatization of Public Education in Chicago. This was achieved through the expansion of charter schools and the weakening of the public teacher’s union. The UPWA feels it is ironic and tragic that the Foothill-DeAnza Community College District is allowing a certified enemy of Public Education to give the keynote addresses at Foothill College and DeAnza College, at a moment when Public Education in California is facing a historic attack;