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Starry Messenger

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2. Well, I'm glad to see Diane and Randi working together.

Fri Jul 12, 2013, 02:11 AM

Jul 2013

We have a couple of years window to do things to curb Ed reform and Duncan isn't going anywhere despite all of the Dump Duncan initiatives I see.

I don't get the hostility. If people want to burn every avenue of struggle, that's on them, but I'm not on board.

Diane used to be an ultra right conservative as she mentions in her letter. She moved left to an anti corporate agenda and is in a position to make common cause with Randi. I'm going to trust that someone as smart as Diane knows what she's doing.

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Diane Ravitch Praises Randi Weingarten on Her Blog and All Hell Breaks Loose [View all] Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 OP

Weingarten is an obvious plant backed by the privatizers duffyduff Jul 2013 #1

Well, I'm glad to see Diane and Randi working together. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #2

Diane isn't the problem. It's Randi. n/t duffyduff Jul 2013 #3

We must have read a different letter from Diane then. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #4

Ravitch is a straight shooter most of the time. Igel Jul 2013 #5

"By and large those aren't (D) ideas." Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #6

I have always wondered about ravitch 'getting religion' after being one of the architects of the HiPointDem Jul 2013 #11

It's extremely obvious by now she is a mole, a plant duffyduff Jul 2013 #7

I read the thread. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #8

Starry, most people in her home union don't even know they HAVE a union. Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 #9

I find it hard to wrap my head around- Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #10

"I do know some people who have run on progressive slates in UFT elections and won." = not HiPointDem Jul 2013 #15

It was in NYC, actually. nt. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #17

who? HiPointDem Jul 2013 #18

Why? Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #19

because when people make a claim they should be able to back it up. i'm not interested in HiPointDem Jul 2013 #20

LOL. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #21

where did i call you a liar, or imply it? that's not very cool either. i asked you to back up HiPointDem Jul 2013 #22

Well then we're done. Good night! Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #23

noted. and here are my 'feelings:' when someone asks for a cite for a claim, that is a part of HiPointDem Jul 2013 #24

As veteran teachers are driven out by Danielson and the generally hostile work environment.... Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 #27

Some of us don't live anywhere near NYC duffyduff Jul 2013 #16

he said he had asked his reps and couldn't get a clear answer. if so, the problem is with his reps, HiPointDem Jul 2013 #12

I have a feeling that the reactions to Diane's letter are probably only regional in scope. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #13

i agree. but like randi's publicized 'arrest' after she'd just finished selling out some local HiPointDem Jul 2013 #14

Ravitch started her blog in April 2012. That was when she became a prominent voice against HiPointDem Jul 2013 #25

More comments on electoral processes within AFT from that blog post: HiPointDem Jul 2013 #26