If we are going to talk about the gerontocracy sucking away the life of the Democratic Party, we can't just use it as a metaphor for "moderates we don't like." The fact of the matter is that the left wing of the party is just...
oakland
I mentioned the Oakland teachers strike a few days ago, where workers were rejecting big wage gains in favor of a social justice unionism that would require the city to.
With everyone focused on the writers' strike, it's worth noting another strike--teachers in Oakland. This is fascinating. The district is offering a good wage gain. But that's not really what.
Awhile back here, I profiled Marlon Riggs' Tongues Untied, the groundbreaking film about Black gay life that sent Jesse Helms through the roof. Last night, I watched Riggs' UC-Berkeley thesis film, Long Train Running, on the Oakland blues scene of the late 40s and early...
The teachers' strike movement has moved to Oakland, which is receiving surprisingly little media attention compared to all the other recent strikes. Sarah Jones has a good run-down on what.