Oakland Activists Protest "Fiscal Recovery Plan" For Schools

IN OAKLAND ON 5/25/05 TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS DISRUPTED THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, PROTESTING STATE-APPOINTED DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR RANDOLPH WARD’S “FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN.” THEY BLASTED THE PLAN AS PART OF A NATION-WIDE RIGHT-WING ATTACK ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS – AND VOWED TO KEEP UP THEIR NATION-WIDE FIGHT TO DEFEND THEM.