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Things That Caught My Eye – Week of August 4th, 2014

Brian K. Noe · August 7, 2014 ·

Here are some links to articles that caught my eye this week.

6 Ways Wall Street Is Hosing Chicago Teachers – Matthew Cunningham-Cook unpacks how the country’s biggest investment firms are endangering the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund.

We Need to Fight for Equality – William Spriggs reflects on how the Labor Movement and the Civil Rights Movement must be united.

Catholic Social Teaching and Adjunct Faculty Organizing – John Russo writes about Catholic Universities and the Social Teaching of the Church.

Some Facts That Poverty-Deniers Don’t Want to Hear – Three-quarters of conservative Americans think poor people have it easy. Paul Buchheit shows that they don’t.

Imagine If People Were Paid What Their Work Is Really Worth to Society – Professor Reich imagines.

Films that Debunk Corporate Education Reform – A list of must-see videos from Diane Ravitch’s Blog.

Israel/Palestine FAQ – Who are the Palestinians? Who are the Israelis? Is Folk Singer David Rovics a self-hating Jew? Find out in this FAQ.

Do Palestinians Really Exist? – When he was nine years old, Dean Obeidallah finally learned about his father’s people.

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: AFL-CIO, Catholic, Chicago, CTU, David Rovics, Israel, NAACP, Palestine, Poverty, Union

S14

Brian K. Noe · June 24, 2014 ·

I’ll be attending the Socialism 2014 conference in Chicago June 26th through the 29th. Here’s the schedule for the event.

See you in Chicago!

Filed Under: Curated Links, Resources Tagged With: Chicago, International Socialist Organization, ISO, S14, Socialism Conference

First Videos from Labor Notes 2014

Brian K. Noe · April 10, 2014 ·

Labor Notes 2014 in Chicago was an incredible weekend of inspiration and activism. This was my first Labor Notes, and I hope to make in an annual ritual. Highlights, for me, were the Friday afternoon Chicago Labor history tour (conducted by the ILHS), the Saturday afternoon STOP Staples protest, and (of course) the Friday and Saturday night Folk Music singalongs, spearheaded by members of the Seattle Labor Chorus and Anne Feeney.

How could I forget to mention the incredible and boisterous impromptu singalong in the Crowne Plaza lobby into the wee hours of Sunday morning with young Wobblies and Occupy kids from Portland, Chicago and the Twin Cities?

Labor Notes has the first videos from the conference posted on their site now. I’m looking forward to more.

Need an inspiration fix? Here are a few video highlights for those who couldn’t make it to the record-breaking 2014 Labor Notes Conference—or those already ready to relive it.

See them here: First Videos from the 2014 Labor Notes Conference | Labor Notes.

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Chicago, Folk Music, Labor Notes, Union

Remembering the Martyrs: A Social and Picnic

Brian K. Noe · March 28, 2014 ·

Date: May 4, 2014

Time: 10:30am-3:45pm

Location: Forest Home Cemetery, Haymarket Martyr’s Monument

Join the IWW and many other radical, anti-capitalist, and labor organizations at Forest Home Cemetery to eat, drink, talk, and make new friends and connections. This will be a pot-luck style event so please bring food to share. This event is open to all who are interested and is family friendly.

Learn More: May Day Events 2014

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Chicago, Haymarket Tragedy, IWW, May Day, Union, Wobblies

Labor Notes Conference 2014 Schedule

Brian K. Noe · March 27, 2014 ·

The full schedule of workshops, sessions, and performances for the 2014 Labor Notes Conference April 4-6, Chicago is now available online.

Get it here: Conference 2014 Schedule Now Available Online! | Labor Notes.

If you’ll be attending the conference, I’d love to meet you. Get in touch by email to noebie@gmail.com.

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Chicago, Labor Notes Conference, Union

The Charter Scam in Chicago

Brian K. Noe · January 22, 2014 ·

Kevin Moore and Rachel Cohen hack through the lies being used to promote charter schools in Chicago.

One of the biggest misconceptions about charters is that the funds to run them come from private sources. While charters do receive donations and some private grants, 75 percent of their total funding comes from public resources.

Another lie that charter school opponents are unmasking is the claim that charters perform better than neighborhood schools. In reality, according to researchers on the forum panel, 80 percent of charter students showed no improvement or a worse performance in reading, compared to students in traditional public schools. For math, the figure was 63 percent.

Read More: Unmasking the Chicago charter scam | SocialistWorker.org.

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Charter Schools, Chicago, Education, Lies, Privatization, Schools

Poverty Got You Down? Call in the Guard.

Brian K. Noe · July 12, 2013 ·

Gun violence in Chicago has gotten so bad this summer that members of Congress (including Bobby Rush) are convening a “summit on urban violence,” and Illinois State Representative Monique Davis is demanding that Governor Quinn send in the National Guard “to protect our children so they can go to the park and swim and play and have a childhood.”

For his part, Mayor Rahm Emaunuel wants to continue to focus on “the four P’s – policing, parenting, prevention and penalties” as solutions to the problem. Considering the probable effects of His Honor’s war on children and teachers, they’re likely to need a lot more of the policing and penalties part of that equation in the near future.

I would humbly suggest that someone ought to begin focusing on the most important “P-Factor” relating to violence in our cities: POVERTY.

Keeanga Yamahtta Taylor, Cedric Johnson, Martha Biondi and Barbara Ransby take a look at the true roots of urban violence in their panel discussion presented at the Socialism 2013 Conference: Poverty Pulls the Trigger.

Click here for the MP3 Download from We Are Many.

Poverty can be a prison in itself

Filed Under: Commentary, Curated Links Tagged With: Chicago, Poverty, Public Policy, Urban Violence

May Day Joint Statement

Brian K. Noe · May 1, 2013 ·

The first of May is a moment for us to remember the Chicago Haymarket Martyrs of 127 years ago. These Chicago anarchists helped to lead the major battle of the day, not only for the 8 Hour Day, but also for social liberation.

Chicago’s Four Star Anarchists and several other allied groups have issued a joint statement titled Remembering the Past, Fighting for Tomorrow. It includes a short history of May Day, an examination of present conditions, a positive vision for our world and a call to action.

I commend it to you as appropriate for this May Day, 2013. Click here to read it.

Solidarity!

★★★

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: America, Anarchism, Chicago, History, Holidays, May Day, Politics, Union

In November, We Remember

Brian K. Noe · November 2, 2012 ·

 

Red November, Back November
Haymarket Martyrs Monumentby Ralph Chaplin

Red November, black November,
Bleak November, black and red.
Hallowed month of labor’s martyrs,
Labor’s heroes, labor’s dead.

Labor’s wrath and hope and sorrow,
Red the promise, black the threat,
Who are we not to remember?
Who are we to dare forget?

Black and red the colors blended,
Black and red the pledge we made,
Red until the fight is ended,
Black until the debt is paid.

In memory of the Haymarket Martyrs, who were executed by the State of Illinois in November of 1887.

Filed Under: Other Content Tagged With: America, Anarchism, Chicago, Union

Solidarity With The Chicago Teachers

Brian K. Noe · September 10, 2012 ·

The Chicago Teachers Union is currently on the front lines of a fight to defend public education. You can show your support by making a contribution to their Solidarity Fund. Every dollar helps.

If you care about the future of public education in America, take a few minutes to read The Schools Chicago’s Students Deserve – a new study from the CTU which argues in favor of proven educational reforms to dramatically improve the education of more than 400,000 students in this district of 675 schools.

 

Download the Executive Summary

Dowload the Full Report

Contribute to the Solidarity Fund

Filed Under: Other Content Tagged With: Chicago, CTU Strike, Education, Public Policy, Solidarity, Union

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