Friday, September 14, 2012

Chris Hedges: Dems Owe Chicago Public Teachers Support For "Most Important Labor Action in Decades"

Democracy Now
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/9/11/chris_hedges_dems_owe_chicago_public

As the Chicago public school teachers’ strike enters its second day, we’re joined by the journalist and author Chris Hedges. “The teacher strike in Chicago is arguably one of the most important labor actions in probably decades,” Hedges says. “If it does not prevail, you can be certain that the template for the attack on the union will be carried out across the country against other teachers unions and against the last redoubt of union activity, which is in the public sector of course, fireman and police.” Hedges continues, “It is always the ruling class that determines the parameters of rebellion and resistance. And the Chicago strike illustrates the bankruptcy of both traditional labor and the Democratic Party. And that is why the Occupy movement was so important.” Hedges is the author of the new book with illustrator Joe Sacco, "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt.” [Transcript to come. Check back soon.]
Filed under  Education, Obama, Chris Hedges
Guest:
Chris Hedges, senior fellow at the Nation Institute. A former foreign correspondent for the New York Times, he was part of a team of reporters awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for the paper’s coverage of global terrorism. He is the author of the new book, "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt," with illustrator Joe Sacco.



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