As Lois Weiner has written, the neoliberal idea of education is a worldwide phenomenon. It must be stopped.
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Along those lines, inequality is worsening living standards all over the world:
The super-rich are currently hiding away wealth estimated between $21 trillion and $32 trillion in tax havens such as Switzerland and the Cayman Islands. This is the conclusion published last weekend by the Tax Justice Network, an NGO based in London. The author of the study is James Henry, a former chief economist at the McKinsey consulting firm and an expert on tax havens.
Henry bases his projections on data from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations and various national central banks. His study was limited to financial assets, and excluded tangible assets such as real estate, gold, jewellery or other possessions.
The figures reveal that “high net worth individuals” (defined as those with assets of over $50 million) have stashed away much larger sums in tax havens than previously thought. The report also shows that the concentration of global wealth in ever fewer hands has rapidly accelerated.
Someday somebody is going to have to ask the rude question whether there are some people who have too much money and, since there are, what to do about it.
Remember, these people are getting richer not because they are more "virtuous" but because they have stolen it from the masses.
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Here's another thing educators have to worry about that's devoted to undermining teacher protections, what few there really are.
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Teachers should be screaming bloody murder about their profession being hijacked by a bunch of know-nothings who have billionaires bankrolling their think tanks yet they think they know more than teachers what and how to teach.
That's because most K-12 teachers are women, and women typically sit and take shit from administrators.
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Chicago teachers won a battle; let's hope they win the war.
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It was lucky for Simon Gillis Nancy Grace wasn't around:
After making sure no one was in harm’s way, and holding on to the handle with both hands, Gillis swung the weight in a wide loop, using all 6 feet 4 inches of his body to gather momentum and send the hammer flying. And fly it did. He launched several practice throws, according to newspaper articles written about that day.
It must have been quite a sight. A mountain of a man whirling what looked like a cannonball above his head as effortlessly as a yo-yo. He was a veritable beacon of strength, a real live strongman.
As Gillis was practicing, boys nearby were tossing a ball. An errant throw sent their ball into the empty lot. Christian Koehler, 14, ran to fetch it. As Christian reached the center of the lot, Gillis, who was already in his windup motion, sent his hammer soaring.
Cries of warning were shouted, but it was too late. The weight struck Christian on the side of his head, smashing his skull. Gillis ran to him and held him in his arms. The boy was taken to Harlem Hospital and pronounced dead. Gillis was taken to the local police station.
If Nancy Grace had been alive then, she'd have been on the street corner yammering for his execution. Gillis, who felt terrible about this tragic accident, went on to the 1908 Olympics.
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