Sound and fury over crowd estimate
The current dust-up about the various estimates of the crowd size at Wednesday's school closing protest qualifies as sound and fury, signifying nothing, to quote Will Shakespeare. What difference does it make whether the size of this particular march and rally was 2,000 or 10,000? The point is, it was big, loud and militant enough to be heard all the way up to the fifth floor of City Hall and in BBB's offices at CPS. The message was loud and clear and was picked up by the media. SAVE OUR SCHOOLS and HEY HEY. HO HO. RAHM EMANUEL'S GOT TO GO!
While the size of the protest may have paled in comparison to the rallies in support of the striking teachers last fall, it was still plenty big and deep. Mass civil disobedience arrests showed that the level of anger and commitment has risen as the voice
Does anyone really doubt that the vast majority of the city's residents oppose Rahm's school closing plan? Just look at the polls. Wednesday's NBC News Flash Poll showed 78% of tens of thousands of participants favoring CTU prez Karen Lewis over Rahm on the school closing debate. Not even close. The weather and Spring break
While the size of the protest may have paled in comparison to the rallies in support of the striking teachers last fall, it was still plenty big and deep. Mass civil disobedience arrests showed that the level of anger and commitment has risen as the voice
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