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HiPointDem

(20,729 posts) Sun May 27, 2012, 05:14 PM May 2012

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For eye-opening backstory on the corporate assault on public education, this speech by

Glen Ford (Black Agenda Report) is highly recommended.

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Info on the Cory Booker connection & the peel-off of the Democratic black base by the Republicans.

Really interesting. And Ford is a good speaker as well.

http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2012/05/glen-ford-corporate-assault-on-public.html

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