John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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In Chicago, a movement is born to reclaim public education
September 13, 2012Parents, students and community groups, whose pent up outrage at school privatization dictated by Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been unleashed by the strike, joined teachers on the picket lines.
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Chicago teachers: “Assault on public education needs to end here”
September 13, 2012"We didn't start this fight; the assault on public education started here and it needs to end here," declared Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union.
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Chicago teachers strike for good schools
September 11, 2012Declaring "enough is enough," 28,000 Chicago public school teachers, paraprofessionals, clinicians, social workers and counselors went on strike September 10.
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Chicago Labor Day rocks with solidarity for teachers
September 4, 2012A sea of red-shirted teachers, other public workers, parents, community residents and students joined in a massive show of solidarity in Chicago on Labor Day as teachers prepare for a possible strike Sept. 10.
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GOP Convention brews lies and hate
August 31, 2012I can't recall another Republican Convention more full of lies, demagogy, sexism and racism as the one just concluded in Tampa.
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Fukushima nuclear disaster cleanup needs global cooperation
August 24, 2012Yamada said this disaster requires mobilizing international expertise along with an international inspection team.
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Corporations loot tax monies as Chicago schools suffer
August 9, 2012Why would some of America's richest families need lavish public subsidies while schools, parks and other public services are in desperate need of funds?
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Gay pride parades celebrate “landmark year”
June 26, 2012Under sunny skies and seas of rainbow flags, millions of Americans participated in gay pride parades across the country June 24, celebrating what many are calling a "landmark year" in advances for gay, lesbian, bisexual and...
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