Episode Description
Rafael Shimunov and Shoshana Brown are joined by Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari. Zakiyah is the Co-Executive Director of the New York State Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), the leading statewide organization that has been fighting for educational justice in New York State. Zakiyah is the mother of 8 children and grandparent of 5. Zakiyah has dedicated 25 years of her life to the fight for educational justice and ending the oppression of Black and brown people.
We talk about the Bloomberg origin of and road to end "Mayoral Control" of NYC Schools, Zakiyah as a founding member of the Resistance Revival Chorus and her history organizing in New York.
We opened with an interview of Holocaust survivor Hessy Taft telling a story of the perfect troll by a German photographer against the emerging Nazi regime.
We also talk about a new study that shows that nearly half of young Republicans believe American Jews are against the "American way of life". As well as Chicago U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky withdrawing her endorsement of Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller over Miller receiving funding from AIPAC donors.
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Our radio engineer, Michael G Haskins couldn't be with us today. Thank you to Kathryn Davis. Thank you to our researcher Margo Flug.