May Day: Oakland On Strike
Why didn't my local paper cover May Day in my hometown? Oakland Teach-In Looks at Budget Cuts and the War - New York Times.
a daylong act of educational disobedience undertaken on Thursday by about two dozen teachers across Oakland, who set aside their normal lesson plans in favor of topics like the war in Iraq, racial inequality and a recent 10 percent cut in the state schools budget.
Craig Gordon, a social studies teacher at Robeson and the author of the day’s curriculum, said the goal was to raise awareness among students who may not have a firm grasp of the relationship between what happens at home and what happens “out there.”
Also - unions up and down the West Coast struck in protest of the war. Why no local coverage? Sheesh!
And in Portland, not only was the port shut down, but ILWU members sent flowers down the Willamette to commemorate U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq. The Pacific Maritime Asssoc spun it as a negotiating tactic.
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/120969871569300.xml&coll=7&thispage=1
Posted by: Janet | May 02, 2008 at 04:18 PM