{"id":11404,"date":"2013-11-17T00:15:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T08:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=11404"},"modified":"2013-11-17T00:15:30","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T08:15:30","slug":"rouge-forum-dispatch-hearalding-minervas-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/rouge-forum-dispatch-hearalding-minervas-owl\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouge Forum Dispatch: Hearalding Minerva’s Owl!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We<\/strong> Say Fight Back!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Marx<\/a><\/p>\n

And the Winner at Most Influential Scholar is…<\/strong>How do you judge an academic? Can you compare scholars from different fields on equal footing? Whose work had the bigger impact down field, Albert Einstein or Ada Lovelace?
\nThese seem like impossible questions to answer, but as reported by Nature, a team of information scientists out of Indiana University, Bloomington, think they\u2019ve found a way. And, according to them, the most influential scholar is\u2026 Karl Marx.: blogs.smithsonianmag.com\/smartnews\/2013\/11\/karl-marx-is-the-worlds-most-influential-scholar\/#ixzz2kmwUbyLt<\/a><\/p>\n

Boeing Workers Reject Sellout Contract \u00a0<\/strong>Members of a union representing thousands of Boeing employees voted late Wednesday to reject a controversial labor deal that would have cut compensation but have kept assembly of the company\u2019s new 777X jets in Washington State, raising the chance that Boeing will move more production away from its traditional manufacturing base in the Seattle area.
\nIn a ballot that was seen as a bellwether for the state of organized labor in America, 67 percent of the members of the local branch of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted against the eight-year contract extension, according to a statement posted on the union\u2019s website. \u00a0http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/11\/15\/business\/boeing-workers-reject-labor-deal-in-washington-state.html<\/p>\n

Detroiters fight bankruptcy on Pensions\"Detroit<\/a><\/p>\n

www.latimes.com\/nation\/la-na-detroit-bankruptcy-race-20131110,0,1560272.story#axzz2kHNKP4dS<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Garment<\/a>\u00a0Thousands of angry Bangladeshi workers who stitch clothes for leading Western brands downed tools and took to the streets Monday to demand higher wages, forcing 100 factories to close, police said.
\nPolice said several hundred of the workers tried to attack factories and vehicles during the protests in the garment hub of Ashulia on the outskirts of Dhaka, forcing officers to fire tear gas in response.
\nThe workers are demanding a steeper wage hike to $100 per month than the rise to $67 approved last week by the Minimum Wage Board after rounds of meetings with industry, unions and government representatives. \u00a0\u201cThere were an estimated 30,000 workers who came out of their factories and took to the streets,\u201d industrial police inspector Abdus Sattar told AFP.
\n\u201cSeveral hundred of them went unruly and tried to vandalise properties. So we dispersed them by firing tear gas,\u201d he said, adding that several protestors were injured.
\nSome 100 factories were forced to shut down during the protests, which come after a string of recent disasters that killed more than 1,000 people and have highlighted the garment industry\u2019s low pay and poor conditions. \u00a0http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2013\/11\/11\/tear-gas-fired-as-thousands-of-angry-bangladesh-garment-workers-strike\/<\/p>\n

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\"Brothers<\/a><\/p>\n

Whither Paraguay?\u00a0<\/strong>Insurgencies by groups like the Paraguayan People\u2019s Army, which has been meticulously picking off security forces in remote frontier settlements, planting bombs under police vehicles, and kidnapping and killing wealthy Paraguayans, find a lot less maneuvering room in Latin America these days.
\nAround the region, many such groups have been hunted down or incorporated into leftist political parties as military dictatorships gave way to democracies and dissent began emerging in different forms. Even where guerrillas persist, they are significantly winnowed down, like the Shining Path in Peru, or pursuing peace talks with the government, like the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
\nThen there is Paraguay, one of Latin America\u2019s poorest and most unequal nations. Even as the economy booms, the Paraguayan People\u2019s Army is evolving from a ghostlike irritant for the authorities in Asunci\u00f3n, the capital, into a broader security threat in a backcountry that is already a hub for traffickers of marijuana, defiantly cultivated here on sprawling plantations, and Andean cocaine smuggled into Brazil and Argentina. \u00a0http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/11\/14\/world\/americas\/guerrillas-step-up-campaign-in-paraguay.html<\/p>\n

The Little Red Schoolhouse<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"capitalist<\/a><\/p>\n

Biden Buddy, Bruce, To Boss Broad\u00a0<\/strong>Bruce Reed, Vice President Joe Biden’s chief of staff for nearly three years, will leave the administration next month to lead the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, the Los Angeles-based philanthropic group that backs efforts to change public schools, the White House and the foundation announced Wednesday.
\nReed, who has served in senior positions in both the Obama and Clinton administrations, leaves Biden’s inner circle just as the vice president weighs making a third run for the White House, an effort that would potentially pit him against former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
\nAlthough best known for his involvement in the arts and the redevelopment of downtown Los Angeles, Broad\u2019s education foundation has been one of the largest backers of a variety of efforts to change urban public schools. www.latimes.com\/nation\/politics\/politicsnow\/la-pn-bruce-reed-broad-foundation-20131112,0,7561686.story#axzz2klcO5akR<\/a><\/p>\n

Deasy (he of the fake Degree) Wins another Round in the LA Ipad Scam\u00a0<\/strong>A divided Board of Education agreed Tuesday to move ahead with a trimmed-down plan to provide iPads to Los Angeles students, but an evaluation will look at whether the project should proceed.
\nDuring a heated debate over the $1-billion project, board members raised numerous concerns, including whether the contract with Apple needs to be reconsidered and whether high schools should be provided laptops instead of tablets.
\nThe decision, by a 6-1 vote that left no one happy, means that the distribution of iPads can continue as planned by schools Supt. John Deasy for this year. He had previously decided to scale back his original timetable after problems emerged during the rollout on 47 campuses this fall. \u00a0http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/la-me-1113-lausd-20131113,0,1290815.story#axzz2kVv4OUlC<\/p>\n

Detroit Plans to Irradicate Illiteracy in FIVE years (using LA consultants–Cuba did it nearly for free in two) \u00a0<\/strong>Beyond Basics, a child-centered literacy nonprofit aimed at youth in the lowest performing schools since 2002, and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History have united in an effort to host a summit conference to \u201ceradicate illiteracy in the city of Detroit within five years.\u201d The conference, \u201cLiteracy: We Are the Change,\u201d is set for Thursday at the museum , 315 E. Warren Ave., in Detroit.Registration and networking are scheduled for 8 a.m., followed by plenary speakers at 9 a.m., roundtable discussions at 10 a.m. and a strolling lunch at 11:30 a.m.
\nThe two plenary speakers will be Martin Gomez, vice dean of the University of Southern California Libraries and former head of the Los Angeles Public Library system, and Carol Goss, president of the Skillman Foundation.
\nRoundtable discussions will be conducted by Jared David, Jared W. Finney High School; Lou Glazer, Michigan Future Inc.; and Dr. Glenda Price, Detroit Public Schools Foundation, among others.
\nThis conference is free, however, space is limited. To attend, you must RSVP by sending an email to rsvp@chwmuseum.org<\/a>, or by calling (313) 494-5863. \u00a0From The Detroit News: www.detroitnews.com\/article\/20131113\/LIFESTYLE\/311130023#ixzz2kn2j42AC<\/a><\/p>\n

LA’s Shell Game: Funding WHICH Poverty Schools?\u00a0<\/strong>More than two dozen local schools face reduced funding next year as the Los Angeles school district funnels more federal money to campuses with a higher percentage of low-income students.
\nThe tighter budgets affect 28 schools next year, including the Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies, Chatsworth and Westchester high schools and Walgrove Elementary. Some of these schools are relatively high-performing academically.
\nContingents from these schools argued for a reprieve at the Board of Education’s meeting last week. But a measure to restore the funding fell just short of a majority on the seven-member body.
\nThe proposal would have returned federal anti-poverty dollars to schools where just under half the students come from low-income families. L.A. Unified gets this funding for every low-income student, but the money doesn’t necessarily follow the student. Instead, the dollars go to schools with the highest concentration of poverty. The goal is to address the cumulative effects of intense pockets of poverty, which describes much of the nation’s second-largest school system \u00a0http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/la-me-1117-school-funds-20131117,0,1565791.story#axzz2kt5V32pq<\/p>\n

The International Hot War of the Rich on the Poor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n