March 4th Day of Action (March 4, 2010)

The March 4th Day of Action arrived with rallies and marches taking place in Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco and throughout the state in solidarity with the struggle for public education here in California. Teachers, professors, workers, UC students, CSU students, Community College students, high school students, middle school students, parents, children, unions and adult educators unified to send a message to Sacramento that our “education is a right, not a privilege.” This day also took on a greater significance as a national day of action for public education with more rallies and protests taking place at campuses across the country.

On this show, Loretta Gaines interviews KALX Radio’s Lee Cressey, who covered the march from Laney College to Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall, then headed to San Francisco to join the large rally in front of San Francisco City Hall.

Chant of the Day: “No Cuts! No Fees! Education should be free!”

“We know that this country has money to bail out the banks; has money to send soldiers to kill people in Iraq and Afghanistan; has money to build more prisons - but suddenly they don’t have the money for education?” UC Berkeley organizer Blanca Misse asked the crowd in San Francisco.

Guest:
Lee Cressey - Journalist (KALX Radio, Laney Tower)
LJCressey@gmail.com

Links:
http://www.laneytower.com
http://kalx.berkeley.edu
http://againstcuts.org

http://bit.ly/bpJznW - SF Chronicle article on the protests

http://bit.ly/crrbRn - Photos of Freeway blockage courtesy of Reginald James

Engineer: Lee Cressey
Host: Loretta Gaines