Thomas Paine's version of "you didn't build that":
"Separate an individual from society,and give him an island or a continent to possess,and he cannot acquire personal property. He cannot be rich. So inseparably are the means connected with the end,in all cases,that where the former do not exist the latter cannot be obtained. All accumulation, therefore,of personal property,beyond what a man's own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice,of gratitude,and of civilization,a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came"
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The O’Leary: I am so proud that my daughter was part of this. After more than fifteen years of the punishing effects of neoliberal, corporate education policies, Chicago teachers stood up. The strike by the Chicago Teachers Union was a clarion call to teachers and parents everywhere. It crystallized the frustration with abusive top down […]
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