Who is Funding and Amplifying School Board Attacks | Dr. Isaac Kamola, Just Talks Ep.2

In this episodeI spoke with Dr. Isaac Kamola, an associate professor at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Professor Kamola’s teaching and research focus is on understanding the production and consumption of political ideas and the resulting impacts on our democracy. His latest book project, Free Speech and Koch Money: Manufacturing a Campus Culture War, examines the dark money behind the so-called campus free speech crisis. Get educated and take actionProfessor Kamola talks about how the Koch-donor network and right-wing media ecosystem work together to attack educators at all levels and shares what we can do to protect educators against these dark money attacks. Join as a Patreon member to engage with other members of the JustTalks Fam to discuss ways to get educated and take action in your community!Let's talk about it!On Patreon I have created space for members of the Just Talks Fam to engage with one another and extend our learning. Below, I've posted a few questions to get the dialog going. Feel free to post your responses or share questions or observations of your own:Dr. Isaac Kamola discusses Chris Rufo's successful political weaponization of CRT to attack parents' trust in public education. We have since seen him move on to target policies that affirm trans students and DEI initiatives in schools. How are these false narratives showing up in your local community? How are community members fighting back against disinformation and fear?Dr. Kamola describes how the "right-wing media ecosystem" functions to amplify false narratives and drive voting patterns that dismantle progress. What do you think is the best way to counter outrage campaigns generated to disparage dedicated teachers, librarians, and parents fighting for safe, just public education?