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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Schooling in the Ownership Society: New ed fiefdom: The Murdoch/Gates alliance

Schooling in the Ownership Society: New ed fiefdom: The Murdoch/Gates alliance

New ed fiefdom: The Murdoch/Gates alliance

Bill Gates & Rupert Murdoch at the 2009 Microsoft CEO Summit

The Obama/Boehner Debt Ceiling deal could weaken and even destroy large areas of public space and public sector educational initiatives. At the same time, it will expand the power of new private fiefdoms built on alliances between giant philanthropies and corporate "reformers."

The latest fiefdom is being constructed as an alliance between the Gates Foundation and corrupt media mogul