Episode 5 - The Chicago Teacher's Strike & Section 230 & You ft. Edward Ongweso Jr & Kenzo Shibata

Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content.OpeningClass rootedness vs. class focusedMAS vs. SyrizaBernie on political educationEdward Ongweso Jr (@Bigblackjacobin) of the This Machine Kills podcast and a writer for Vice's Motherboard gives us a primer on Section 230: Last summer, Trump hit us with the all-caps “REPEAL SECTION 230!!!” tweet. Biden also said it should also be revoked but not the dumb way Trump wanted to do it. What is it/ why is it so important re: internet governance? Who has benefitted? What to make of claims of "anti-conservative bias." What should actually be done about tech monopolies and social networks controlled by them?Activist/teacher Kenzo Shibata (@KenzoShibata) Chicago teacher’s stand up against chicago mayor.This is amazing https://twitter.com/KenzoShibata/status/1356966344462336001?s=20Bloomberg on teachers https://twitter.com/dwdavison/status/1357354797620490242?s=20Another insane chapter in the checks debaclehttps://www.dailyposter.com/p/dems-threaten-to-exclude-families2k Checks compilation videohttps://twitter.com/demswatchdog/status/1356282041889861632?s=20Jeff Bezoshttps://twitter.com/jacobinmag/status/1090698292835639296?s=20Housing people works!https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/i-won-austinite-exiting-homelessness-after-8-month-stay-at-city-owned-hotel/https://theappeal.org/austin-second-hotel-permanent-supportive-housing/