Fight Back Teach In

“FIGHT BACK USA” A NATIONAL WEBCAST TEACH-IN ON FIGHTING AUSTERITY, DEBT and CORPORATE GREED  ON TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011

'60s Style Teach-In Meets the Digital Age in Live Stream Webcast

Local Campus Events on more than 180 Campuses Nationally

Frances Fox Piven (professor, CUNY Graduate Center) and Cornel West (professor, Princeton University) of America, hosted  a national webcast teach-in addressing the roots of the current economic crisis and what people are doing to fight back this Tuesday, April 5, 2011.

Some 100 plus students and faculty at Sacramento State participated in the Teach In.  the video quality did not work well, but the audio reports worked.

In the Local Strategy Sessions, the group planned for the demonstrations on April 13, for the CSU Days of Action sponsored by California Faculty Association and Students for Quality Education, the Progressive Alliance and others.

Professors West and Piven, each Chairs of Democratic Socialists of America,  were  joined by the Honorable Gustavo Rivera, New York State Senator from the 33rd District in the Bronx who will moderate the teach-in. Also joining the live-stream teach-in were  economist Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University); public policy analyst Heather McGhee (Demos); President Richard Trumka (AFL-CIO).

In addition, the teach-in   featured activists from around the country: Beth Huang, Student Leader from Wisconsin (United Students Against Sweatshops), Anthony Klug, Public Education Activist (UFT Wadleigh High Chapter) and Sergio Cuevas, Housing Activist (National People’s Action).

National Teach In at Sac State

On Tuesday, April 5, over 185  universities,  schools and community groups will participate in a teach-in on debt, austerity and how people are fighting back hosted by Cornel West and Frances Fox Piven from 11Am- 2PM.  A national teach-in will be streamed live from New York City, followed by local teach-ins and strategy discussions around the country.

Our Sac State  event will be in the Foothill Suite  of the  University Union from 11am- 2pm, April 5. Sponsored by DSA and the Campus Progressive Alliance.

It will be used to build for CFA day of Class Action on April 13.

Please see http://www.fightbackteachin.org for more information. 
and  http://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/national-teach-in/


Wall Street Banks, American corporations and their political allies have declared a one-sided war on the American people. This war is being waged at our schools and colleges, the workplace and in our communities.
 
Today, we are all  working harder and earning less while corporate profits soar .

Please encourage your friends, colleagues, co-workers and students to participate.

For more information contact Duane Campbell at campd227@pacbell.net. Or see our blog at 

http://progressiveforum07.blogspot.com/.

Sacramento Teach In- National Teach In- on the economic crisis

On Tuesday, April 5, over 100  universities,  schools and community groups will participate in a teach-in on debt, austerity and how people are fighting back hosted by Cornel West and Frances Fox Piven from 11Am- 2PM.  A national teach-in will be streamed live from New York City, followed by local teach-ins and strategy discussions around the country.

Our Sac State  event will be in the Foothill Suite  of the  University Union from 11am- 2pm, April 5. Sponsored by DSA and the Campus Progressive Alliance.

It will be used to build for CFA day of Class Action on April 13.

Please see http://www.fightbackteachin.org for more information. 
and  http://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/national-teach-in/


Wall Street Banks, American corporations and their political allies have declared a one-sided war on the American people. This war is being waged at our schools and colleges, the workplace and in our communities.
 
Today, we are all  working harder and earning less while corporate profits soar .

Please encourage your friends, colleagues, co-workers and students to participate.

 For more information contact Duane Campbell at campd227@pacbell.net. Or see our blog at 

http://progressiveforum07.blogspot.com/.