{"id":22834,"date":"2019-03-10T00:15:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T08:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=22834"},"modified":"2019-03-10T00:15:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T08:15:14","slug":"rouge-forum-dispatch-us-rulers-have-no-legitimacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/rouge-forum-dispatch-us-rulers-have-no-legitimacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouge Forum Dispatch: US Rulers have no Legitimacy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chelsea Manning Is Jailed for Refusing to Testify in WikiLeaks Case<\/span><\/h1>\n

Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst who provided archives of secret military documents to WikiLeaks in 2010, was taken into custody on Friday after a federal judge found her in contempt for refusing to testify before a grand jury that is investigating the antisecrecy group.<\/p>\n

Judge Claude H. Hilton of Federal District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that Ms. Manning must stay in civil detention until she testifies. Ms. Manning had vowed not to cooperate in the investigation<\/a> even though prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia granted immunity for her testimony<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a statement posted on Twitter<\/a> after she was arrested, Ms. Manning said she had ethical objections to the secrecy of the grand-jury system and \u201cwill not comply\u201d with the subpoena.<\/p>\n

The case is part of a long-running criminal inquiry into WikiLeaks and its leader, Julian Assange, that dates to the Obama administration and which the Trump administration revived. Ms. Manning said on Thursday that prosecutors on Wednesday had asked her a series of questions about WikiLeaks before the grand jury, but she had responded to every question by saying it violated her constitutional rights.\u00a0 www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/08\/us\/politics\/chelsea-manning-wikileaks-jail.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

After the sellout–Oakland teachers strike over, but tough issues remain unresolved<\/h1>\n

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Last week, teachers shut down two scheduled board meetings by holding demonstrations outside the elementary school, La Escuelita on Second Ave., where the meeting was planned. During the second shutdown, on Friday, the atmosphere outside La Escuelita grew hostile and, some say, violent.<\/p>\n

In a video clip shared widely on social media, Jumoke Hinton-Hodge, a school board member for 10 years, is seen in the middle of a mob outside the school with her hand apparently on the throat of a woman who\u2019s been identified as a teacher. Hinton-Hodge didn\u2019t respond to my requests for comment, but in a statement she said that as she tried to enter the school she was pushed to the ground and became \u201cbriefly disoriented.\u201d As she got up, she \u201cwas inadvertently pushing up against a teacher\u2019s neck.\u201d…<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Lara Trale, a teacher at Oakland High School, said she and others held the line. The union told them to back off after the tentative deal was struck later that day, but teachers didn\u2019t budge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just seemed super messed up that we would allow the board to make these cuts that we had, repeatedly, insisted as a union that we were not OK with,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Some teachers feel the union didn\u2019t push hard enough at the bargaining table. Shannon Carey, a teacher at MetWest High School, said she voted for the contract because she felt the strike was losing its momentum.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d heard teachers were staying home instead of picketing. And some were concerned that teachers might\u2019ve crossed the picket line this week if a deal hadn\u2019t been made.\u00a0 www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/otisrtaylorjr\/article\/Oakland-teachers-strike-over-but-tough-issues-13668738.php<\/a><\/p>\n

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Teacher sickout shuts down 4 Kentucky school districts<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n

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With Kentucky\u2019s largest school district shut down for a second straight day<\/a> \u2013 this time joined by three smaller districts \u2013 some are questioning how far the teacher \u201csickouts\u201d will spread.<\/p>\n

And how long they will last.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to go any longer,\u201d said Carrie Thompson, a teacher for Jefferson County Public Schools. \u201cBut we feel like we have to stand up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson said she and hundreds of other educators chose to protest at the Capitol on Thursday because they\u2019re worried about legislation that \u201ccould affect kids for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

By mid-morning, hundreds of teachers clad in red flooded the Capitol\u2019s granite hallways, with a line stretching across the building\u2019s length of educators trying to enter the House gallery. A crowd below chanted intermittently, \u201cTeachers united!\u201d\u00a0 www.courier-journal.com\/story\/news\/politics\/ky-legislature\/2019\/03\/07\/kentucky-teacher-sickout-educators-flood-capitol-for-second-day-in-row\/3092466002\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2018It\u2019s crazy.\u2019 Kentucky Gov. Bevin criticizes teachers for new sickout tied to tax credit<\/h3>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Gov. Matt Bevin rebuked Jefferson County teachers whose reported sickout closed public schools Wednesday while an advocacy group member said there were no plans for a similar protest in Lexington.<\/p>\n

Although Louisville schools, the state\u2019s largest school district, closed following excessive teacher absences Wednesday that couldn\u2019t be filled with substitutes, Fayette schools remained open. There was no repeat of the teacher sickout that canceled classes late last month.<\/p>\n

And there weren\u2019t plans for a repeat in Lexington \u2014 yet. Jeni Bolander, a Fayette County teacher who is a leader in the educator group Kentucky 120 United, told the Herald-Leader Wednesday, that \u201cat this point, \u201c there were no plans to call for a sickout for Fayette educators on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that could change depending upon what happens in Frankfort,\u201d she said. Instead, teachers have been working with principals to send a delegation from every Fayette school to Frankfort, Bolander said.<\/p>\n

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, on a Louisville radio show Wednesday, said that the Jefferson County sickout was orchestrated by \u201ca handful of activists\u201d who are more interested in power, personal interests, money and union dues than students.<\/p>\n

The Courier-Journal reported that <\/a>Jefferson County teachers appeared to be staging a \u201cwildcat\u201d move,<\/strong> carrying out a sickout even though Kentucky 120 had urged members to go to work.Read more here: www.kentucky.com\/news\/local\/education\/article227170349.html#storylink=cpy<\/a><\/p>\n

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AFTER the sellout–Denver Public Schools begins cutting 150 central office positions to pay for teacher raises <\/span><\/h1>\n

Denver Public Schools began the process this week of cutting more than 150 administrative positions from its central office, which will free up $17 million for raises for teachers and other district employees, as well as additional money for special education services.<\/p>\n

The Denver district has far more administrators than others in Colorado, and Superintendent Susana Cordova has said repeatedly that the district needs to have fewer initiatives and focus on doing a smaller number of things well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have too many priorities, too many people working on those priorities, and not enough impact coming out of that,\u201d Cordova told union negotiators at a bargaining session before the teachers strike. \u201cI am 100 percent committed to right-sizing what the central office looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the course of negotiations before and during the strike, Cordova committed to even larger cuts than she originally laid out in order to put more money into teacher compensation. She also eliminated bonuses for many administrators.\u00a0 www.denverpost.com\/2019\/02\/28\/denver-public-schools-job-cuts\/<\/a><\/p>\n

After the Sellout: San Diego Unified’s board approves job reductions<\/h1>\n

Facing a projected budget shortfall for the coming school year, the San Diego Unified School Board voted at its meeting Tuesday to eliminate the equivalent of more than 200 positions and give lay-off notices to dozens of employees.<\/p>\n

The board voted 4 to 1, with member Kevin Beiser opposed, to eliminate 97 certified employee positions and 116 classified positions.<\/p>\n

However, district staff said at the meeting they plan to create 112 new classified positions, but they offered no details about what the new positions would be.<\/p>\n

Eliminating positions is expected to result in layoff notices to 33 certified teachers and four certified district administrators.<\/p>\n

Also as many as 66 classified employees could also be laid off, including preschool assistants, school health assistants, classroom assistants and clerical employees. The total layoff number has not been decided, according to board records.<\/p>\n

The district has approximately 10,000 employees, officials said.<\/p>\n

As of December, the district was projecting a $1.4 billion budget for the coming school year and a $37-million shortfall,www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/sd-me-school-layoffs-20190306-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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