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Oakland Teachers’ Strike — A Balance Sheet

May 23, 2023

On May 4 teachers in Oakland, California, went on a seven-day strike that ended with …

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The UC Berkeley Anthropology Library Occupation

May 11, 2023

For over two weeks now, University of California (UC) Berkeley students, faculty, and community members …

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Academic Workers Strike in New Jersey

April 14, 2023

On Monday morning, nearly 9,000 tenured professors, part-time lecturers and graduate student workers went on …

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Student Loan Debt SCOTUS Case Update

March 24, 2023

The Supreme Court is hearing a case to determine whether or not Biden’s student loan …

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Los Angeles School Staff and Teachers on Strike

March 22, 2023

On Tuesday, school staff represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 99, in the …

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Students Protest DeSantis’s Attacks on Academic Freedom

March 9, 2023

Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida is creating a blueprint for reactionary control of public colleges …

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UC Berkeley Students and Faculty Occupy Library to Keep It Open

March 1, 2023

This past week, after the University of California (UC) Berkeley administration announced plans to close …

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Oakland Schools Saved From Closure…For Now…

January 25, 2023

On Wednesday, January 11th, the School Board for the Oakland Unified School District voted to keep the five schools open that were originally under plans to be shut down at the end of this school year. …

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Largest Ever Higher Education Strike in UK

December 12, 2022

In November, an estimated 70,000 researchers, academics and administrators went on strike at 150 different …

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Graduate Student Workers in University of California System Launch Statewide Strike

November 15, 2022

On Monday, November 14th, about 48,000 unionized academic workers across the University of California’s 10 …

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4th Baltimore Area School Bomb Scare in 3 Weeks – Children’s Mental Health is Suffering Under Capitalism

October 29, 2022

On Wednesday, October 12, faculty, staff, and students at Chadwick Elementary School were rushed from …

Education

Organizing to Stop Oakland School Closures — a perspective from an Oakland, CA elementary school teacher

May 5, 2022

On April 29, Oakland public school teachers went on a one-day Unfair Labor Practice strike …

Education

Florida Politicians Trying to Erase LGBTQ+ People

March 6, 2022

A discriminatory House Bill 1557 passed the Florida House of Representatives on March 1. It is appropriately called the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by critics because it restricts any discussions about LGBTQ+ …

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CA College of the Arts Staff Go on Strike – College Refuses to Negotiate Contract

March 5, 2022

Staff at the California College of the Arts (CCA) recently went on a four-day strike …

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Oakland School Board Vote – Not the Last Word on School Closures

February 20, 2022

On Friday, February 18th, the majority of the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Board voted, for the third time, to close and merge schools in the next two years …

Education

Students Fight for Safe Schools across the U.S.

February 12, 2022

From coast to coast, we have seen students list their demands for safe schools and stage walkouts, refusing to accept the breadcrumbs the people in power have tossed them. …

Education

Puerto Rico: Teachers Fight for Higher Wages

February 10, 2022

On Feb. 4, more than five thousand teachers took to the streets in Puerto Rico …

Education

Oakland: The Fight Against School Closures Grows

February 9, 2022

The struggle to keep the school doors open may not be easy, but it is winnable. But it will take an even larger, more organized and continued mobilization by Oakland parents, students, teachers and staff to win this fight. …

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Oakland School Closures Spark Wave of Protests

February 2, 2022

The Oakland School Board meeting on Jan. 31, 2022 was attended by over 1,800 community …

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Oakland School District Threatens to Shut Down 16 Schools Within Two Years

January 30, 2022

While there may be some people who look at our schools and see them as a money-making opportunity, these schools are our schools. It is not their decision to make — it is ours. We must link up across school communities to stand side by side and say, “no school closures!” …

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Oakland Students Stand Up For Safety and Face Backlash – Courtesy of Kamala Harris

January 29, 2022

Punitive measures against truancy set in place by Kamala Harris, are now being leveled against students in Oakland who have had the audacity to demand that their schools provide real safety protection. …

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An Oakland School Teacher – On the Pandemic Frontlines

January 20, 2022

The first few months of this school year were exhausting and demoralizing for educators, as …

Education

Oakland: Report from the Classroom

November 14, 2021

My students who were sick were never tested for coronavirus, they eventually returned to school after 10 days, and our classroom was no longer deemed an outbreak. Students deserve safe schools now. …

Education

Update from an Oakland teacher: “Our safety depends on us”

October 13, 2021

It is now almost the middle of October, and we’ve been back at school since …

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Safety in Oakland Schools: The Fight Continues

September 28, 2021

Six weeks into the school year, and many COVID safety measures are still not in place. …

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Oakland Schools: Safety Is Up to Us

September 9, 2021

If the district is going to provide every school the safety measures being demanded, it’s going to be because they were fought for. …

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We’re Sick of These Clowns Closing Schools!

September 6, 2021

A week before the fateful date, the conditions for back to school were still unclear. Schools are now back in session. …

Education

Back to School… with COVID!

September 1, 2021

Schools across the United States are reopening without coherent plans of dealing with COVID-19 infections. …

Education

Oakland: Joy and Terror on the First Day Back at School

August 21, 2021

The school I work at and love was experiencing hardship long before the pandemic. We almost never had soap or paper towels in classrooms or bathrooms. And now things are worse. …

Education

Education: The Fight for our Future

June 6, 2021

The Crisis in Education The problems in education can’t be solved within a single classroom …

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