Persepolis protest scheduled at Lane this afternoon. | Fred Klonsky

Persepolis protest scheduled at Lane this afternoon. | Fred Klonsky:

Persepolis protest scheduled at Lane this afternoon.

by Fred Klonsky

A group of students, parents and teachers from Lane Technical High School are planning a protest this afternoon at the corners of Western and Addison streets. They will be protesting the action of CPS bureaucrats who have attempted to pull the acclaimed graphic novel, Persepolis, off of school book shelves.
The action is scheduled for 3:30.
Teacher networks across the city have been buzzing about the action by CPS.
Frankly, nobody can figure this one out. The book is on the Core Curriculum reading list for multiple grades.
“Oh, stick around. CPS bureaucrats do this all the time. They never learn to research first – just one knee-jerk reaction after another,” one CPS teacher wrote me.
According to organizers all are invited to the protests who support the First Amendment, education and intellectual freedom.

More entries to the million visit contest.

by Fred Klonsky

To celebrate one million site visits I am sponsoring a contest.
As of today, you have less than 15,000 site visits to go.
Submit a tweet, haiku or limerick on a topic covered by this blog.
The deadline is March 31 or the millionth visit.
The winner gets the orange t-shirt.
The decision of the judges (that’s me) is final.
From filly4rights:
I once knew a “Freddie” from Philly
Whom I thought at the time a bit silly
Not to my surprise he turned out to be wise
Our true ally who’s not willy nilly.
And from anon:
Granny is pushed over the cliff
In one TV commercial shenanigan
Surprise!–by stealing our COLA and insurance
The guy pushing Granny is Madigan