Why Are Things As They Are?

We Say Fight Back! Foxxcom Workers Rise up vs Social Fascists The online postings were from a disturbance late Sunday that shut down a manufacturing facility in Taiyuan in north China, where 79,000 workers were employed. State-run news media said 5,000 police officers had to be called in to quell a riot that began as [...]

We Say Fightback! above photo by Substance’ Kati Gilson Lessons from the Chicago School Workers Strike This true class war brought to the forefront nearly all of the realities of US schooling today:   *the coming nationally regimented curricula, *anti-working class high-stakes exams which don’t measure learning but do deepen segregation between teachers and students, and [...]

We Say FightBack! The Chicago Strike is Still on. Delegates will review a Tentative Agreement at 3p.m. on Sunday. A warning from Substance editor, George Schmidt: “This is the war. We have won, and now we are being told to surrender an army that is victorious in the field. When I am asked, my suggestions [...]

We Say Fight Back! Build International Support for the Chicago Strike Against the Barbarous US Ruling Class Cars were parked two deep at the CTU Strike Headquarters as delegates and strike captains picked up the signs and information for their schools. It was September 8, 2012, less than 48 hours from the beginning of the [...]