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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Some thoughts from just one of many teachers in the crosshairs. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Some thoughts from just one of many teachers in the crosshairs. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Some thoughts from just one of many teachers in the crosshairs.

I want to share some thoughts about the last few days of being a teacher in the crosshairs of the right-wing bullies who want to take away our unions and our democratic rights to speak out for what we think is right.

I’m writing this a day after the fall of Mubarak in Egypt and a victory of the Egyptian people in their fight for democracy.

It never stops, you know.

The fight for democracy and the fight against those who would steal it away. It never stops. It goes on everywhere in the world. And it never stops.

Many years ago I learned the words of the Civil Right Movement song that went, “They say that freedom is a constant struggle. We struggle so long. We must be free.”

Why me?

Why is the Education Action Group