A new movement of students and education workers has erupted in response to the vicious budget cuts raining down on public education in state after state. The media coverage of March 4th actions across the country – and particularly in California, the epicenter of the new movement – was extensive. But this was by no means a spontaneous outburst of resistance. The protests were organized by student and public sector union activists who are on the front lines of this growing movement.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
March 4 Actions: Reports from Organizers — Across the Country [US], Socialist Alternative Mobilizes Against Education Cuts
from Socialist Alternative. I haven't seen much mainstream media coverage of these events.