When Greece-Style Austerity Spreads West
The U.S. economy continues to expand according to official statistics, but the drive to shrink federal, state and local…
The Indypendent
Lee Sustar
The Vultures After Our Schools
One year after the successful Chicago teachers' strike stunned the corporate education reformers, public schools are once again under…
After claiming that closing 50 elementary schools will improve the quality of public education, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) officials…
What the Chicago Teachers Accomplished
It's time to take stock of the significance of Chicago teachers' strike that beat back corporate education reform–not just…
Teachers Will Decide, Not Rahm
Members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) decided to continue their strike into a second week while they consider…
Can the scrappy band of outsiders that now heads the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) lead the kind of high-stakes…
Rahm Blinks First in Battle With Teachers
Rahm Emanuel has agreed to come up with money to hire nearly 500 more teachers to support the longer…
How Can the Chicago Teachers Union Win?
Big strike authorization votes by unions in tough contract battles aren't unusual. But the recent 90 percent vote by…
An all-out fear campaign by Greek and European capitalists helped conservatives eke out an election victory over the surging…
With the Spanish economy sinking and 12 countries in Europe mired in recession, politicians and bankers are once again…