The March 2023 Issue of Substance
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Whining Doesn't Win: When CTU Leadership Lies #TruthTelling
We are reprinting articles documenting the deceptive practices of the leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union.
George Schmidt was fired by the core leadership when he started questioning financial spending during the 2015 . . .
Climate Gentrification: Resilient Real Estate is the reason Chicago is Moving People Out for the New Folks Moving In
Resilient Real Estate this is the reason the poor and immigrants are being pushed out of Chicago to make space for people coming in from areas of the county destabilized by chronic resurgences of . . .
John Kugler Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against CTU and Individual Managers who casued him harm and trauma
In a filing John Kugler filed a case of discrimination against the Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey, Stacy Davis
Gates, Jackson Potter, Matt Luskin, Zeidre Foster.
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Happy Casimir Pulaski Day, Chicago!!! Dzień Dobry
we should always remember those that try to divide us and marginalize the workers voice and power though polarization and race politics. This is the definition of oppression ... Solidarność
Who was Pulaski, . . .
Concerns over safety, lack of campus officers at Santa Rosa City Schools after Montgomery High stabbing
Three years ago, the school board removed those officers from the campus after the death of George Floyd.
Recently, Santa Rosa school district officials debated the idea of bringing back those community resource officers, . . .
Words have Meaning - CTU has Blood on Their Hands
republished after the stabbing of a student in an art classroom in California and students demand to be safe. Resources officers were pulled for the California school after the George Floyd Protests in 2020 for . . .
"They are Racist" African American CTU Employees United: End the Racial Discrimination and Institutional Racism at the Chicago Teachers Union
African American CTU Employees United End the Racial Discrimination and Institutional Racism at the Chicago Teachers Union Since July 1, 2010, there has been an undeniable pattern and practice of institutional racism and discrimination against . . .
How will the police be abolished? A Marxist perspective
How will the police be abolished? A Marxist perspective
12 points on the U.S. state and the necessity of revolution
Party for Socialism and Liberation July 11, 2020 www.liberationnews.org
1. The Party . . .
Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers sitting next to Brandon Johnson talking like friends
Brandon Johnson a candidate for Chicago Mayor was taking about education in the Chicago Public Schools with Bill Ayers and Mark Warren on Sept 25, 2018 at 57th Street Books, Chicago, Illinois. The event was . . .
Unity Destroyed by CTU Politics and Greed
There were verbal fights over at Operation PUSH yesterday between rival supporters for the mayoral race. Inside the building that stands for unity in the city.
The building that helped build black power in . . .
In this Moment, Safe Streets mean More Police and More Funding
Brandon Johnson Wrote, Introduced, and Passed a Cook County Resolution to Defund the Police. Now he is changing his position ... When public sentiment changes and wants more police, it's not cool that politicians . . .
BJ Lost His own Wards - Understanding what happened in the Chicago mayoral race
I am a Japanese citizen and can not vote. But I can read and listen.
Reading about the Chicago elections, I see that Brandon Johnson can not win the votes where he lives and . . .
Economic Collapse or Just Fake Ripoff Banks? US government moves to stop potential banking crisis.
Silicon Valley Bank Failure - $200 billion in assets is the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, behind only the 2008 failure of Washington Mutual.
Signature Bank Failure - $110 billion in assets is . . .
Report of electioneering inside of a public school by Stacy Davis Gates at a union meeting
Report of electioneering inside of a public school by Stacy Davis Gates at a union meeting ... posted on Twitter ... This is weird bc i had 10 people ask me why the campus PPC . . .
Taft students plan a safety "walk out" after a student allegedly threatened to shoot up the school & only received a one day suspension
Taft students plan a safety "walk out" after a student allegedly threatened to shoot up the school & received a one day suspension.
Many are claiming security doesn't effectively use metal detectors & are . . .
Whatever their tactical differences, both Vallas and Johnson are political representatives of the ruling class
Whatever their tactical differences, both Vallas and Johnson are political representatives of the ruling class, the former basing himself on the most right-wing forces, including the Fraternal Order of Police, and the latter seeking to . . .
CTU Racism Claims Never Resolved - What Does Brandon Have to Say?
a ctu staffer who is getting millions of dollars to run for Chicago mayor as a social justice and restorative candidate should be able to answer if this issue was ever resolved at the CTU. . . .
Has CTU been Taken Over by Neo-Liberals and Neo-Facists?
Many people believe the narrative that the Chicago Teachers Union is a socialist organization. The people who created that narrative convinced the public, the mainstream media (both left and right), and even socialists that the . . .
