Jacobin Radio: LA Teachers on Strike!

On this special #RedforEd edition of Jacobin Radio, Suzi speaks with former teacher, member of the School Board, City Council, and State Assembly Jackie Goldberg (https://jackiegoldberg.org/), who is running in the March 5 special election to the LAUSD School Board. If elected, Jackie will be an experienced and effective progressive voice for public education, opposing the charter school privatizers who were elected with money from the bank-rollers who "have stacked the deck against district public schools.” We talk to Jackie about the strike, the fight to save public education, and how the forces are aligned from Los Angeles to Sacramento to Washington. Suzi also speaks to Eric Blanc (https://twitter.com/_ericblanc?lang=en), former teacher and author of the forthcoming Red State Revolt: The Teachers Strike Wave and Working Class Politics. Eric has been covering the strike for Jacobin (https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/01/la-teachers-strike-charters-privatization) and  looks at the larger issues in the UTLA strike, the billionaires arrayed against the LA schools, the dilemma this strike poses for establishment Democrats, and why this fightback is historic.