Earl Silbar

On April 5th, 2019 at the University of Chicago, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a conversation, moderated by Pam Nogales, on the legacy of 1989 at its 11^th^ annual international convention. What follows is an edited transcript of the discussion. Robert Bird: I don’t know what more I have to say about the fall of communism than I said on the 20^th^ anniversary, so I dug out my presentation from then. [Read More]

THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION (CTU)—American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 1 – conducted an unprecedented, bold, and possibly illegal one-day strike on Friday, April 1, 2016. The strike was initially called to protest threatened cuts in pay during contract negotiations and to send a message: “Continue like this and we will strike!” The CTU leaders changed that focus in the week preceding the strike; by strike day, it became a strike for increased state funding for education and all social services. [Read More]