Air Date: 5–4-2018
Today we take a look at the falling dominoes of rebellion and demands for justice in the form of teachers strikes as they go from one educationally decimated red state to the next
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr
Ch. 2: Act 1: Teachers Say What's Wrong With Education In The U.S. - AJ+ - Air Date: 09-03-15
Ch. 3: Song 1: N/A
Ch. 4: Act 2: Red State Revolt: Teachers Fight Back Against GOP Education Cuts - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date: 05-01-18
Ch. 5: Song 2: Decompression - Rayling
Ch. 6: Act 3: Teacher's strikes are women's strikes - This is Hell - Air Date 4-24-18
Ch. 7: Song 3: We were there - Robin Roberts
Ch. 8: Act 4: West Virginia Sees the Biggest Public Sector Worker Strike in 30 Years - Ring of Fire Radio - Air Date 03-10-18
Ch. 9: Song 4: If it weren't for the union - Robin Roberts
Ch. 10: Act 5: Possible unintended consequences from the Janus decision - Jacobin Radio - Air Date 3-15-18
Ch. 11: Song 5: The Contract - Robin Roberts
Ch. 12: Act 6: Cracks appearing in the low-tax paradigm - Diane Rehm: On My Mind - Air Date 4-28-18
Ch. 13: Song 6: Surly Bonds - Aeronaut
Ch. 14: Act 7: 5 Ways to Support Teachers Striking Around the US - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 15: Song 7: This Fickle World - Theo Bard
Ch. 16: Act 8: Corey Robin Striking Teachers Are “Real Resistance” to “Incoherent” Republicans and “Gutted” Dems - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 04-12-18
Voicemails
Ch. 17: Be wary of judging another culture's approach to regulation - Whitney from Seattle
Ch. 18: Discussing guns - Colin from Cleveland, OH
Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
Ch. 19: Final comments
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Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
(Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions)
Activism:
TAKE ACTION
5 Ways to Support Teachers Striking:
1. Call your members of Congress
2. March with teachers
3. Help with childcare
4. Explain the strikes to your kids
5. Donate to funds supporting striking teachers (see activism blog page for links)
EDUCATE YOURSELF
Women are leading the wave of strikes in America. Here's why. (The Guardian)
The Outcome in Arizona (Jacobin)
Colorado Republican lawmakers want to punish striking teachers with jail time. (Vox)
What you need to know about why Colorado teachers are walking out of classes and onto the Capitol (Denver Post)
What’s at Stake in the Teachers’ Strikes? (The Nation)
Teachers are Leading the Working-Class Insurgency (The Nation)
Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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