Nomiki Konst (@NomikiKonst) and Eric Blanc (@_ericblanc) join us. On today’s show: Eric Blanc (@_ericblanc), author of ‘Red State Revolt: The Teachers’ Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics,’ joins us to discuss the Chicago teachers strike. The participation of other school workers in the strike. The involvement of the wider community and the kind of “social unionism” on […]

Jacobin online editor, and author of the new book Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity Micah Uetricht explains what led the Chicago teachers to strike in 2012, why the strike was not about pay, why the teachers won the strike, the conflicts within the Chicago Teachers Union that led to the 2012 strike, the insurgent progressives […]

On today’s show Sam and Rick Perlstein discussed the Teacher’s strike happening right now in Chicago. Rick explained how effective the Chicago Teacher’s Union has been in gaining public support, the corporate special interests funding the “education reform”