{"id":14342,"date":"2014-09-13T22:29:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T06:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=14342"},"modified":"2014-09-14T09:24:05","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T17:24:05","slug":"rouge-forum-dispatch-100000-reasons-to-tell-friends-about-the-dispatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/rouge-forum-dispatch-100000-reasons-to-tell-friends-about-the-dispatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouge Forum Dispatch: 100,000+ Reasons to Tell Friends about the Dispatch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Special Issue:<\/strong><\/em>
\n Education for Revolution<\/strong><\/em>
\n Edited by E. Wayne Ross & Rich Gibson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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

\"san<\/a>San Diego Schools, home to reactionary Ravitch’s fave superintendent, bought an MRAP<\/p>\n

San Diego Unified School District recently acquired a tank. \u00a0<\/strong>Well, it\u2019s as big as a tank, and it\u2019s in SDUSD\u2019s transportation center in Kearny Mesa.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s actually a mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP). The U.S. military has used these vehicles in their occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. They\u2019re capable of withstanding improvised explosive devices and smashing through barricades. Police departments around the country use similar vehicles for SWAT team deployments.<\/p>\n

The school district got the MRAP for free as part of the Department of Defense\u2019s Excess Property Program. The program, commonly referred to as the 1033 Program, sends unneeded military equipment like weapons and body armor to local police forces for no cost.<\/p>\n

The program attracted national attention in the days following the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Television audiences were shocked by scenes of local cops decked out in military equipment facing down peaceful protesters. Much of that equipment was provided through the 1033 Program.\u00a0Several local police departments have received equipment through the program. The single most expensive piece of that equipment by far is the school district\u2019s MRAP \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/inewsource.org\/2014\/09\/09\/why-did-san-diego-unified-acquire-an-armored-vehicle\/<\/p>\n