From Christine:
There is really no need to add anything further to what follows. If nothing else, read the first link. (Copy and paste them into your browser; I will put the direct links into the Comment section later and onto my blog roll.
This comes from a colleague on a listserve for educators.
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I came across this article from the UK Guardian today and wanted to share it because I believe it realistically sums up the reasons for the Federally coordinated violence that has been used against OWS protesters, journalists and photographers and the concerted media effort to suppress and distort the issues of corporate and financial control of the political system that are driving social unrest.
Quote:”what happened this week is the first battle in a civil war; a civil war in which, for now, only one side is choosing violence. It is a battle in which members of Congress, with the collusion of the American president, sent violent, organised suppression against the people they are supposed to represent. Occupy has touched the third rail: personal congressional profits streams.”
Here’s the link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/25/shocking-truth-about-crackdown-occupy?fb_action_ids=2643021989890&fb_action_types=news.reads&fb_ref=U-eNWK0vDLQDhK4yudIxzmzJ-CFCONX01FRS-33thvXXX&fb_source=other_multiline
If you have time, there are two excellent other stories articulating the relationship of all this to public education and the effort to limit and marginalize community participation in the education of our children.
Quote: “This group, The Foundation for Educational Excellence, is high profile and is headed by Jeb Bush and funded by folks like the Gates Foundation and the Walton Foundation. They recently had a “summit” attended by Rupert Murdoch and Bill Simon (Walmart Pres). Their goal is simple and it in no way has anything at all to do with our children or with human learning for the advancement of human caring and understanding; it has nothing to do with justice. It is simply this: they want to create an exploitable market out of educational systems; you and your children as consumers of learning content.
It’s here:
http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/news/2011/11/op-ed-occupy-movement-should-set-sights-on-standardized-testing/
And:
Quote “For much of the past decade, the New York City Department of Education has engaged in a variety of reform efforts, which have undermined public participation in the city’s public school system.
here:
http://btownerrant.com/2011/10/17/occupy-school-reform-against-stealing-our-public-schools/
Tags: civil war, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Occupy Wall Street, Republicans and their bitches, Steve Jobs was Right -- One-Term President, the Guardian, Yes We Can (Pretend to Change Business As Usual)
