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Thousands Rally to Defend Public Education held in S. F.
Gail Mendes, Secretary - Treasurer of CTA (California Teachers Association), praised and thanked all those teachers, students, and parents who participated in protests through the week across the state, including those who got arrested.
Rally to Defend Public Education
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
May 13, 2011
Photo: Jonathan Nack
Rally to Defend Public Education
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
May 13, 2011
Photo: Jonathan Nack
Thousands Rally to Defend Public Education held in S. F.
by Jonathan Nack May 14, 2014
OAKLAND, CA - Several thousand teachers, students, and parents rallied to defend public education in downtown San Francisco on Friday, May 13, 2011. It was a rousing rally with many participants signaling that they're tired of fighting education cuts every year and are ready to fight back.
The rally was sponsored by the CTA (California Teachers Association), PTA (Parent Teachers Association), student groups, and others. Labor unions and community organizations were also represented among the diverse crowd.
Gail Mendes, Secretary - Treasurer of CTA, exhorted the crowd and praised and thanked all those teachers, students and parents who protested throughout the past week of action across the state, including at the Capitol in Sacramento, and specifically including those protesters who got arrested. [ http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/05/11/18679437.php ]
Hydra Mendoza, President of the San Francisco Board of Education, also publicly thanked those who've been protesting, "you are making a difference," she told them.
Related article at CaStateofEmergency.com: http://castateofemergency.com/?p=1011
by Jonathan Nack May 14, 2014
OAKLAND, CA - Several thousand teachers, students, and parents rallied to defend public education in downtown San Francisco on Friday, May 13, 2011. It was a rousing rally with many participants signaling that they're tired of fighting education cuts every year and are ready to fight back.
The rally was sponsored by the CTA (California Teachers Association), PTA (Parent Teachers Association), student groups, and others. Labor unions and community organizations were also represented among the diverse crowd.
Gail Mendes, Secretary - Treasurer of CTA, exhorted the crowd and praised and thanked all those teachers, students and parents who protested throughout the past week of action across the state, including at the Capitol in Sacramento, and specifically including those protesters who got arrested. [ http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/05/11/18679437.php ]
Hydra Mendoza, President of the San Francisco Board of Education, also publicly thanked those who've been protesting, "you are making a difference," she told them.
Related article at CaStateofEmergency.com: http://castateofemergency.com/?p=1011
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Were there really 'several thousand' protesters at this demo?
It was more like one thousand; and let's be clear, there were very few unions represented. About a dozen AFSCME members, a handful from SEIU, maybe five from ILWU.
There were teachers from different Locals and lots of students, but this was not a huge success in the effort to build solidarity among public sector and private sector unions. There were no firefighters, laborers, carpenters, machinists or bus drivers. Maybe this is a good thing and many unions don't agree with the CTA and their talking points about funding education through regressive taxation.
The speakers were generally uninspiring and the message was far from the militant one that is needed. Some of the dissident voices should have been included, not just the folks who want us to believe only the Republicans should be criticized and the Democrats are our friends.
It was great to see so many rank and file teachers carrying the signs produced by the Peace and Freedom Party - now if they'd only vote for socialism instead of the false hope Democrats.
It was more like one thousand; and let's be clear, there were very few unions represented. About a dozen AFSCME members, a handful from SEIU, maybe five from ILWU.
There were teachers from different Locals and lots of students, but this was not a huge success in the effort to build solidarity among public sector and private sector unions. There were no firefighters, laborers, carpenters, machinists or bus drivers. Maybe this is a good thing and many unions don't agree with the CTA and their talking points about funding education through regressive taxation.
The speakers were generally uninspiring and the message was far from the militant one that is needed. Some of the dissident voices should have been included, not just the folks who want us to believe only the Republicans should be criticized and the Democrats are our friends.
It was great to see so many rank and file teachers carrying the signs produced by the Peace and Freedom Party - now if they'd only vote for socialism instead of the false hope Democrats.
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