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OpOK Relief Rebuilds Oklahoma

June 3, 2013 by Zakk Flash

A week and a half ago, when I first drove to Little Axe, Oklahoma, to take a look at post-tornado recovery efforts, the countryside was still in crisis mode. Mountains of rubble and garbage filled gravel roads and red dirt paths leading to the remains of homes. Neighborhoods that had been full of working-class houses were uprooted and dirty, unsafe tent camps were all that remained. Just 30 minutes away, the big NGOs and FEMA operated, bringing national attention to Moore - a badly struck area, to be sure. But not the only one affected.
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Seeing Red (Part 2): United Teachers vs. Bipartisan Opposition

September 17, 2012 by Zakk Flash

It has been four years since the financial collapse of 2008 set off the greatest world economic crisis since the 1930s. “Reform” measures put into place to stop the hemorrhaging have succeeded only in exacerbating socio-economic inequalities around the country, with the poor, once again, bearing the highest costs. Nowhere is this more apparent than the right-wing attacks on public workers, unions, and pensions. It comes as no surprise to teachers that they find themselves on the front lines.

On September 10th, educators began a citywide strike in Chicago, home of the third-largest school district in the country.…

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Seeing Red (Part 1): The High Cost of Higher Education

September 16, 2012 by Zakk Flash

In the face of mounting tuition hikes, layoffs and budget cuts, thousands of students and educators have hit the streets in university towns across the Americas. The demonstrations have cut across race, gender, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, bringing disparate groups together to make the education system more transparent and democratic.
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Bailing Ourselves Out: Leveraging Against Banking Barons in America’s Heartland

June 25, 2012 by Zakk Flash

Capitalism is a pervasive ideology; to deny its recuperative mechanisms requires interrupting the spectacle of the status quo – and acting in those liberated spaces, both physical and mental. The answer to some of these questions may already be well-known; getting to the substance of the question and actualizing the answer requires more. It requires a leap of faith.
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May Day: A Radical Strike into the Belly of the Beast

April 18, 2012 by Zakk Flash

On May 1st, 2012, we will revive the May Day the ruling class has tried to erase; we will celebrate International Workers' Day in the United States as a political manifestation of class consciousness and international solidarity
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