Yes. The weird thing about Ayers is, I've known about him as a progressive educator for years -- and had never heard of his Weather Underground days.
I suppose if I ever run for national office, my opponents will try to skewer me based on my associations with Karl Armstrong: I ate at his sandwich shop and was at several parties that he also attended.
I love the Debs quote too. Eugene Debs is one of my personal heroes. (I have a connection with him too: we were both born in Terre Haute!)
Proud to be a public school teacher for 26 years, I see teaching as a radical act. Practitioner of Neo-schoolmarmism. School Library Media Specialist. I am a convinced Quaker, born again agnostic, mother of 3 daughters, passionate about issues of peace and social justice. My mom was a "red diaper baby", my dad was a conscientious objector during WW2, and I grew up in the thick of anti-war protests in Madison, Wisconsin in the sixties. Not a Republican bone in my body and not many Democratic ones either.
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Well said. Well written. I especially liked the Eugene Debs quote at the end. It describes American politics quite succinctly.
Yes. The weird thing about Ayers is, I've known about him as a progressive educator for years -- and had never heard of his Weather Underground days.
I suppose if I ever run for national office, my opponents will try to skewer me based on my associations with Karl Armstrong: I ate at his sandwich shop and was at several parties that he also attended.
I love the Debs quote too. Eugene Debs is one of my personal heroes. (I have a connection with him too: we were both born in Terre Haute!)
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