Back in July of 2010, I reported on the New Jersey Teacher's Village taht would combine zoning for three charter schools and corporate labor houses  for corporate teachers. Well, the plan came to fruition and the big sponsors, along with Chris Cristie, who you would expect to pass the begging bowl to corporations is Mayor of Newark, NJ, Corey Booker.  Booker, like Rubio has become the darling of the reactio ...

From Larry Miller’s blog: Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students! May 21, 2012 Milwaukee’s Education Privatization Explained: What’s the Difference Between Public Schools, Voucher Schools and Charter Schools? What’s the Difference? Voucher schools, Charter schools, Milwaukee Public Schools Published in May 2012 by the non-partisan Democracy and Education Research Group. Email: democracy.education.milwauk ...

You can find it at: http://castudentunion.wordpress.com/ It became apparent at the May 12, 2012 SF meeting of students, faculty, citizens, and workers from the 112 Community Colleges in California in attendance that the need for a state-wide Student Union was a necessity now that the material conditions of capitalism have gone beyond neo-liberalism to actual the merger of corporate and state.  This now tran ...

One can only thank Cliff Kincaid, the Director of the AIM Center for his investigative journalism and he can be contacted at [email protected] for his fine reporting on the current state of the newspaper, the Washington Post.  On Thursday, May 10, 2012 The Washington Post Company held its annual meeting for stockholders.  According to Kincaid: “AIM was there because of our ownership of company stock, e ...

By Michael Collins Rebekah Brooks is a witness for her own prosecution and that of Jeremy Hunt  based on her testimony last Friday before the Leveson Inquiry on the relationship between press and politicians.  Criminal charges against the Rupert Murdoch insider and favorite may be a prelude to looming charges arising out of Brooks' testimony before the Leveson Inquiry last week. Crown Prosecution Services c ...

I was reading the latest May 2012 issue of Harper’s Magazine, when I noticed on the infamous last page of the magazine under, “Findings”, the following finding: “Rich people are likelier to steal candy from children” (Harpers, May, 2012, Findings, pp.80). I thought about it for awhile and it made sense.  In fact, childhood itself has been stolen.  The rich who run corporate America and indeed the corporate ...

According to Dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vassal) the definition of a “vassal” is: Noun: 1. (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant. 2. a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject, subordinate, follower, or retainer. ...

picture of some of the signs students at Santa Monica College in Los Angeles made for their campout at the college on April 30th after facing administrative and police harrassment Community colleges across California are facing the wrath of privatization efforts by reactionary forces, most notably for-profit colleges and their surrogates, the corporate media and coin-operated politicians.  Both democrats an ...

By Michael Collins When things don't work out, doing business with Murdoch can be the kiss of death. No matter how hard you try, how loyal you are, if something goes wrong, you can be sure it will be your fault. Reporting has failed to lay the proper foundation for understanding Rupert Murdoch's remarkable testimony before the Leveson Inquiry in London and his behavior of late. Rupert Murdoch is a nihilist. ...

 North Carolina Republican Congresswoman Virginia Foxx is known to have associations with prominent right-wing reactionary figures such as Americans for Prosperity (AfP), the American Legislative Council (ALEC) and the Art Pope Family.   Of particular concern is Foxx's tight relationship with the Pope family and whether this rapport has resulted in a violation of federal campaign finance rules.  The facts b ...