{"id":350,"date":"2010-05-07T15:39:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T23:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=350"},"modified":"2010-05-08T12:39:36","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T20:39:36","slug":"special-ve-day-edition-new-rouge-forum-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/special-ve-day-edition-new-rouge-forum-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Special VE Day Edition: New Rouge Forum Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

VE Day Video Prepared for British Kids:<\/strong><\/p>\n

www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZsTEF-BSLUA<\/a><\/p>\n

BBC: The Road to VE Day:<\/strong> www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m5Yi83kxmmA<\/a><\/p>\n

Moscow Victory Parade: <\/strong><\/p>\n

www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bj7WN0r8Yr0<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Little Red School Front: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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275,000 Pink Slips Might Mean Red Teachers\u2013or Not:<\/strong> \u201cMore than 80% of U.S. school districts are expected to eliminate jobs and more than half will likely freeze hiring during the upcoming school year, an education organization said Tuesday.Based on a survey of school administrators from 49 states, a total of 275,000 education jobs are expected to be cut in 2011, according to the American Association of School Administrators.\u201d money.cnn.com\/2010\/05\/04\/news\/economy\/education_job_cuts\/index.htm?hpt=T3<\/a><\/p>\n

Half of Brit Schools Will Boycott Big Tests: <\/strong>\u201cHalf of England’s primary schools will boycott national tests due to be taken by 11-year-olds in just over a week, teaching unions claim.
\nNational Union of Teachers general secretary Christine Blower was addressing members of the National Association of Head Teachers. She said 50% of England’s 17,000 schools would take part.\u201d
\nnews.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/education\/10094815.stm<\/a><\/p>\n

Detroit Tears Down Schools, Builds Cop Stations: \u201c<\/strong>Two vacant Detroit Public Schools buildings — the former Sherrard and Breitmeyer schools on the city’s east side — are to be demolished today, and in their place, a new Office of Public Safety headquarters will be built.\u201d
\nwww.freep.com\/article\/20100504\/NEWS01\/5040321\/1322\/2-Detroit-public-schools-to-be-demolished-today<\/a><\/p>\n

Broad’s Bobb Defeats Detroit Resisters in Appeals Court: School Demolitions and Layoffs to Leap Ahead:<\/strong> www.detnews.com\/article\/20100507\/SCHOOLS\/5070380\/1026\/schools\/Bobb-s-academic-plans-get-green-light<\/a><\/p>\n

On the They Say Cut Back We Say Fight Back Front:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Mayday Fresno<\/strong> by AG<\/strong><\/em>
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Athens Uprising Video:<\/strong>www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KhdYQfHUsiw&feature=related<\/a><\/p>\n

Up the Rebels! Greece:<\/strong> \u201cA 24-hour national strike morphed into the strongest \u2013 and most violent \u2013 show of defiance yet over the austerity plan as millions of workers walked off the job and thousands took to the streets to vent their anger against the government.In Athens, at least 100,000 protesters stormed the sprawling grounds of parliament, jeering at politicians and chanting, “Thieves, thieves!” Tempers flared when a group of workers in orange caps tried to break through a cordon of riot police. Authorities fired three rounds of pepper gas, but rather than retreat, the demonstrators retaliated, sparking a series of running streets battles that quickly engulfed the Greek capital in plumes of acrid smoke.Black-clad anarchists also emerged from the meandering side streets of downtown, attacking security forces with rocks and homemade bombs.\u201d
\nwww.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-greece-riots-20100506,0,4481850.story<\/a><\/p>\n

The Internationale\u2013in Nepal (the Maoists are Coming):<\/strong> www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SecYT_qySaM&feature=player_embedded<\/a><\/p>\n

Monterey CA Kids on the March: <\/strong>\u201cAccording to the police department 500-700 students left campus and marched to the MPUSD administration building where they staged a rally and protest. From there, the group marched through downtown Monterey toward Fisherman’s Wharf. The students did cause some traffic delays around the area and police were trying to stay a head of the kids and block off traffic. At one point police had to shut down the tunnel as students marched through. 1. www.kcba.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=12440625_<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>UC Santa Cruz Occuption<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Google Group for Organizers for October 6th Action and Oct 16 SFSU Conference:<\/strong> groups.google.com\/group\/fallconferencesfsu<\/a><\/p>\n

Massive Walkout of Chicago Kids, May 6th:<\/strong> www.substancenews.net\/articles.php?page=1372&section=Article<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Mayday Fresno by AG<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

On the Oops There Goes the Economy Front<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

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Monthly Review (some of the best radical analysis of the financial crisis appears in MR): The Financial Power Elite:<\/strong> Has the power of financial interests in U.S. society increased? Has Wall Street\u2019s growing clout affected the U.S. state itself? How is this connected to the present crisis? We will argue that the financialization of U.S. capitalism over the last four decades has been accompanied by a dramatic and probably long-lasting shift in the location of the capitalist class, a growing proportion of which now derives its wealth from finance as opposed to production. This growing dominance of finance can be seen today in the inner corridors of state power.\u2026
\nwww.monthlyreview.org\/100501foster-holleman.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Where Those Big Bonuses Come From and Where They Go: <\/strong>\u201cSo why are bonuses so big \u2014 not only in absolute numbers but also relative to salaries and gross earnings \u2014 in the financial sector? The tax code appears largely responsible.\u201d
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