It's clear that public services in the US are being cutback in all areas of public life including education, public transport, libraries, police services, welfare, etc. The article makes reference to October 7 as a national campaign to oppose cuts in education. It appears that Students for a Democratic Society are at least one of the organizers. See this.
The good news is that students and education workers are fighting back on a global scale. October 7 will be an important flashpoint in the U.S. Movement, and the struggle will undoubtedly continue beyond that.Here is what I am seeing as I look at the slow unraveling of US society. People in the establishment are engaged in business as usual--making it look like they are fixing things, but only putting at most merely band-aids on the capitalist system. For example, note this comment by someone in the financial services industry.
However, if we are clear about what we are up against, we have to soberly explain that the movement, as yet, is far too small, uncoordinated, and isolated to pose a serious challenge to the corporate agenda. Yet the seeds of a much wider, more powerful movement are already planted.
The role of financial institutions in the global crisis has led to a consensus that financial regulation must change. This column argues that the banking lobby, far from depleted, has struck back with a vengeance. It has managed to postpone the much needed regulation for a time when the need for it will be forgotten.Meanwhile, I find many who are described as "doomers" who have mostly given up on any attempt to change the system, and as a result, are preparing for the worst by stocking up on essentials, saving seeds, collecting gold, arming themselves, etc, or leaving the country. I was astonished to read this discussion on a website that is followed by people who are mostly highly educated in the technical sciences.
So, it appears to me, that young people, who will be suffering the worst consequences of the cutbacks, are the best hope for the future.
