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DSA-aligned teachers unions’ “Day of Resistance”: a pathetic appeal to Biden and the Democrats On Tuesday, an umbrella group of ostensibly “left” teachers unions and organizations known as “Demand Safe Schools” held a protest, which they billed as a “Day of Resistance.” The group includes the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and various local unions tied to the DSA, including the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), Oakland Education Association (OEA), Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE) and the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA). There is immense opposition of teacher...

USA Thursday 17 December 2020, by Lois Weiner Teachers’ activism since the pandemic began has focused on COVID-19’s deadly dangers, for all who use and work in schools. The GOP, Trump, and DeVos, once champions of online learning [1], in charter schools, suddenly reversed themselves, demanding face-to-face instruction everywhere, a stance that paralleled Trumpism’s disavowal of scientific evidence for how to save lives being lost to COVID-19. The most comprehensive movement for school safety and economic and racial justice among teacher union activists, demanding “safe, quality, eq...

Randi Weingarten: Always thought we could reopen schools with ‘safeguards’ (Editor’s note: Shortly after this piece appeared, Biden selected Miguel Cardona to be  Secretary of Education.  Weiner’s analysis of what the movement can expect and demand from Cardona can be found here.) Teachers’ activism since the pandemic began has focused on COVID-19’s deadly dangers, for all who use and work in schools. The GOP, Trump, and DeVos, once champions of online learning, in charter schools, suddenly reversed themselves, demanding face-to-face instruction everywhere, a stance that paralle...