Iven Hale hosts this show and we hear about the Chicago Teachers Strike, Cuban reform and policies, a book review of Barbara King Solver's "Lacuna" and a movie-review of Branded.

 With a brief introduction by Iven Hale, Well-read Red Frann Michel offers an array of analyses about the real stakes of the Chicago Teacher's Strike. She presents arguments that defend the teachers union as fighting a rank-and-file organized campaign against neoliberal education reform. She cites numerous examples of how both the Democrats as well as the Republicans are behind the gutting of public education that Chicago teachers are fighting against, and how in the process these teachers are breathing life into the labor movement as one aimed at a better society and not just a better contract.

A written version of this commentary with linked citations can be found HERE.

Interview with local business owner of Funhouse lounge Trenton Shine.

http://funhouselounge.com/

Interview with Marsha and Brianna of the Ingersoll Gender Center

http://www.ingersollcenter.org/

Musical guest Logan Lynn featured music from his discography.

http://www.loganlynnmusic.com/

Interview with Laura, local therapist w/New Avenues for Youth

http://www.newavenues.org/

Interview with local business owner of Funhouse lounge Trenton Shine.

http://funhouselounge.com/

Interview with Marsha and Brianna of the Ingersoll Gender Center

http://www.ingersollcenter.org/

Musical guest Logan Lynn featured music from his discography.

http://www.loganlynnmusic.com/

Interview with Laura, local therapist w/New Avenues for Youth

http://www.newavenues.org/