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Audio by artist sean_leys_aviva_chomsky

Los Angeles teachers' hunger strike against layoffs; Mining communities in Colombia and Kentucky

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Labor Radio
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Sun, 07/12/2009

Dolores Huerta and Sean Leys 6/12/09Sean Leys, Los Angeles public school teacher and AFT member, found the support of his dry cleaner and even the rival school's debate team when he participated in a 24-day hunger strike against 6,000 teacher layoffs he said would violate students' civil rights.  Now he and fellow teachers are organizing a radical volunteer summer school.  For more, see LA Hungry 4 Ed.

27:34 minutes (11.05 MB)
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