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.
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.