The struggle continues
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| Nelson Mandela after he was sentenced to life imprisonment in June 1964 |
Bridget Murphy writes, re. community resistance to the military coup at Ames Middle School:
The referendum drive is in full swing. 40 parents will be meeting at Ames (1920 N. Hamlin) this morning (Friday, Dec 6th) at 10:30am to continue collecting signatures door to door. We will be out on the doors every day between now and Dec 15th. Come join a pair of doorknockers!Don Washington (Mayoral Tutorial) admits he's guilty of a little hyperbole here but I think he's right-on.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is already running for re-election and has been doing so for months. That means that we, mere mortal citizens trying to make an honest buck, can expect daily doses of public policy by press release and cynical opportunism of the sort that would shock the conscience if he had one. It's called public policy theater and it's what you do when your actual record reads like the Neo-Liberal Disaster Capitalism Handbook of Darkness.Chicago teacher/activist Phil Cantor on FB reminds us:
We live among people who are willing to get arrested for a cause they believe in. Nine of them go on trial [at 9 a.m. this morning] for putting their bodies between