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Rick Ayers :
Crimea, Obama, and the nostalgia for World War I

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

The poet Wilfred Owen had the courage to look reality in the face. What can he tell us? By Rick Ayers | The Rag Blog | April 16, 2014 It is fitting that President Obama should quote the poem “In … Continue reading →

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Rick Ayers and Bill Ayers : Really Show Teachers the Love

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Reframe the education debate:How we can show teachers the love Don’t allow education to be defined as an endless Social Darwinist competition. By Rick Ayers and Bill Ayers / The Rag Blog / May 14, 2012 Last week (May 7-11, … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Rick Ayers : Gilbert’s Memoir Helps Us Understand Our History

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Love and Struggle:David Gilbert’s memoir helps usunderstand our history and the world today By Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog / March 7, 2012 [Love and Struggle: My Life with SDS, the Weather Underground and Beyond, by David Gilbert. (Oakland, … Continue reading →

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Rick Ayers : Oakland’s Festival of Hope

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The historic Grand Lake Theater in Oakland shut its doors to join the General Strike. Image from ThinkProgress.A festival of hope:Oakland General Strike By Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2011 [Rick Ayers shares with Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Rick Ayers : Marable’s Malcolm Bio Hits and Misses

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Malcolm X in 1964. Photo by Marion S. Trikosko for U.S. News & World Report / Wikimedia Commons.Malcolm X and the right of resistance:Dr. Marable’s book fills in gapsbut misses on Malcolm’s core vision By Rick Ayers / The Rag … Continue reading →

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Rick Ayers : Letter to a Young Teacher

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Helping students to learn their own power. Image from Art Smart.The ritual of the pink slip:Letter to a young teacher By Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog / March 22, 2011 So my nephew Malik, a fabulous renaissance man who … Continue reading →

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Rick Ayers : ‘Terrible Beauty’ Is Born in Tahrir Square

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

A terrible beauty. Photo by Tara Todras-Whitehill / AP.Tahrir Square:A terrible beauty is bornBy Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog / February 13, 2011 All changed, changed utterly:A terrible beauty is born. William Butler Yeats penned those lines after the … Continue reading →

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FILM / Rick Ayers : An Inconvenient Superman

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

An Inconvenient Superman:Davis Guggenheim’s new filmhijacks school reformBy Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog / September 20, 2010 Davis Guggenheim’s 2010 film Waiting for Superman is a slick marketing piece full of half-truths and distortions. The film suggests the problems … Continue reading →

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