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Hitting Left

Mike gets together each week, often with special guests in studio and from around the country, to discuss current topics involving politics, education and social justice "from the Left side of the plate." The topics covered may be local, national or international but always with a Chicago sensibility and perspective.
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Now displaying: May, 2020
May 29, 2020

CPS teacher and author is joined by Jones College Prep senior Yadani Martinez on this week's show. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, the pandemic and 20 years of corporate driven school reform, we talk about a vision for education in a post virus world.

May 22, 2020

Former alderman and advocate for a basic universal income, Ameya Pawar joins us along with Roberto Clack, organizer with Warehouse Workers for Justice.

May 15, 2020

Dr. Dunbar-Ortiz, an educator, historian and activist. We talk about her life, the conditions of indigenous people.

May 15, 2020

Dr. Dunbar-Ortiz, an educator, historian and activist. We talk about her life, the conditions of indigenous people.

May 8, 2020

Dr. Pedro Noguera, newly appointed Dean of the University of Southern California school of education and long-time advocate for equity and social justice in education, joins us from California.

May 1, 2020

Carl Davidson grew up in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, a steel town outside of Pittsburgh. In college he joined the student movement, organized against the Vietnam War, a traveling campus organizer, was national secretary of SDS for two years and continues as an organizer to this day.

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