Hitting Left

Mike and Fred Klonsky are joined on this episode by Susan Klonsky who co-authored Professor Timuel Black's memoir, Sacred Ground. The Great Migration. Black Chicago. World War II. The liberation of Buchenwald. Trump. Bannon. Watergate. Martin Luther King. The March on Washington. Duke Ellington. Lu Palmer. Harold Washington. A. Phillip Randolph. SNCC. 

Fred Klonsky is preparing to ride a bike through five NY boroughs. But Mike Klonsky is joined this with by co-host Harish Patel. Also Alderman Scott Waguespack and political strategist Anne Emerson. Trump. Rahm. Progressive election politics. Schools. Immigrant rights. Nursing Care workers strike. SEIU organizer Larry Alcoff.

Mike and Fred Klonsky host episode #13 of Hitting Left with the Klonsky Brothers. 100 days of the Trump administration. interview with TRS retiring board member Bob Lyons. Illinois pensions. Guernica. Barbara Byrd Bennett. Lucy Parsons. May Day. Logan Bay. In studio guest, Curtis Black. Chicago police. Ray Guavara. John Burge .Police torture. Curriculum. Democratic politics.

Brothers Mike and Fred Klonsky welcome Dr. Eve Ewing to the show this week. Also interviews with suspended CPS special education teacher Sarah Chambers and Hot House's Marguerite Holberg. Racism. Chicago schools. Black exodus from the cities. Closing schools. Two tiered school system. School funding. Rahm. DeVos. May Day. 

This week Mike and Fred Klonsky welcome Larry Miller and Jose Rico to Hitting Left. Milwaukee school board. Vouchers. Charters. Scott Walker. CPS. Latino Advisory Committee. Rahm. Rauner. Trump. Spicer. Graduation Requirement. DeVos. Immigration. ICE. May Day. Black/Latino alliance. Black Lives Matter. Youth Movement.

Mike and Fred Klonsky get together each week to talk politics, education and social justice. This week, the Trump missile attack on Syria, Rahm's new high school graduation requirements. Joined by Camille Williams from Chicago Votes and Matt Blizek from MoveOn. Election strategies, progressive politics, Illinois' governor's race, challenges to Mayor Rahm. Klan. Martin Luther King. Memphis. Black Lives Matter. 

Brothers Mike and Fred Klonsky broadcast Hitting Left each week on www.lumpenradio.com 105.5 FM in Chicago at 11AM on Fridays. This week's broadcast hosted Liliana Diaz and Aide Hernandez. They are members of a youth group affiliated with the Logan Square Neighborhood Association that is exploring the indigenous native history of themselves and their community. Their journey included a trip to Standing Rock. They are also active in issues concerning gentrification, all of which is connected to folks being removed from their land. Also joining us are Katy Hogan and Mike James, long-time social justice fighters, founders of the Heartland Cafe, radio host on Live from the Heartland. We talk about Illinois politics, Rauner, Pat Quinn, democratic vision and activism, Tom Hayden, Black Panther Bob Lee. 

Mike and Fred Klonsky host a weekly show with conversation about politics, education and social justice. This week: Diane Ravitch. Betsy DeVos. Corporate school reform. Fighting the Trump agenda. Kevin Coval. Louder than a Bomb. Poetry. Teaching and learning. Poetry. Spoken word. Linda Boyle. Baseball. Illinois' governors race. 

With Mike and Fred Klonsky discussing issues of politics, education and social justice. This week with International Union of Operating Engineers Local 143 President Bill Iacullo. Rahm Emanuel. CPS. Forrest Claypool. Armark. SedexoMagic. Integrated Facilities Management Program. Oursourcing. Privatization. Next up we talk with Joanna Klonsky and Brian Sleet. Chicago political strategists and consultants for Progressive Democrats. Kim Foxx. Rahm Emanuel. Chicago Mayor's race. Kurt Summers. Bruce Rauner. Christopher Kennedy. The Democrats. 

On today's show Susan Sadlowski Garza, Chicago's 10th Ward Alderwoman joins us for a conversation about International Women's Day, her dad, "Oil-Can" Ed Sadlowski and the steelworkers union reform movement, the fight for ecological justice in the ward, the Koch brothers, "old time" Chicago politics, fighting the Rahm Machine and the remains of the ward organization once run by "Fast Eddie" Vrdolyak, the impact of de-industrialization and the disappearance of steel mills from Chicago's east side and more.