Mike and Fred Klonsky host episode #13 of Hitting Left with the Klonsky Brothers. 100 days of the Trump administration. interview with TRS retiring board member Bob Lyons. Illinois pensions. Guernica. Barbara Byrd Bennett. Lucy Parsons. May Day. Logan Bay. In studio guest, Curtis Black. Chicago police. Ray Guavara. John Burge .Police torture. Curriculum. Democratic politics.
Brothers Mike and Fred Klonsky welcome Dr. Eve Ewing to the show this week. Also interviews with suspended CPS special education teacher Sarah Chambers and Hot House's Marguerite Holberg. Racism. Chicago schools. Black exodus from the cities. Closing schools. Two tiered school system. School funding. Rahm. DeVos. May Day.
This week Mike and Fred Klonsky welcome Larry Miller and Jose Rico to Hitting Left. Milwaukee school board. Vouchers. Charters. Scott Walker. CPS. Latino Advisory Committee. Rahm. Rauner. Trump. Spicer. Graduation Requirement. DeVos. Immigration. ICE. May Day. Black/Latino alliance. Black Lives Matter. Youth Movement.
Mike and Fred Klonsky get together each week to talk politics, education and social justice. This week, the Trump missile attack on Syria, Rahm's new high school graduation requirements. Joined by Camille Williams from Chicago Votes and Matt Blizek from MoveOn. Election strategies, progressive politics, Illinois' governor's race, challenges to Mayor Rahm. Klan. Martin Luther King. Memphis. Black Lives Matter.