This is an action alert. People for the American Way have exposed how the Koch Brothers are leading and financing a Republican attempt to destroy public education and return us to the days of segregation. They took over a school district in NC. Here is the story and how to get involved, which I strongly encourage.
The Koch brothers have had a piece of the right-wing anti-public education franchise for some time, through their sponsorship of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The corporate-funded think tank has churned out all sorts of model legislation for right-wing state legislators aimed at undermining and defunding public education.
Now, through the Koch-created and funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the Koch brothers have taken their attacks on public education to a new level: attempting to reinstitute school segregation.
A brand new video from our friends at Brave New Foundation — a part of their "Koch Brothers Exposed" series — details the disturbing rise of racial resegregation in one award-winning North Carolina school district. The story goes like this: AFP supported a slate of right-wing school board candidates who ran on a platform that echoed those of 1960’s southern segregationists like George Wallace almost verbatim … they won, and now they are using their power to hurt the public school system by not only erasing the district’s commendable achievements of diversity, but hurting the quality of public education received by all the district’s students.
People For the American Way and PFAW’s African American Ministers in Action (AAMIA) program are both incredibly proud to cosponsor the release of this video, and we’re hopeful that we can help shine a light on this latest right-wing attack on public education, racial equality and civil rights.
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The Koch brothers made their money the old fashioned way. They inherited it from their father, Fred Koch, a founding member of the John Birch Society. The acorns clearly did not fall far from the tree. Here’s that video.
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I have no words for this. It defies civilization.
Fight fire with Fire. Boycott any and all products that the Koch brothers produce. They understand the language of Money. I already have a list printed on my refrigerator to remind me not to buy their products and urge all Americans to do likewise.
Please share that list! If it’s available online, do you have a URL?
Angel Soft toilet paper
Brawny paper towels
Dixie plates, bowls, napkins and cups
Mardi Gras napkins and towels
Quilted Northern toilet paper
Soft ‘n Gentle toilet paper
Sparkle napkins
Vanity fair napkins
Zee napkins
Georgia-Pacific paper products and envelopes
All Georgia-Pacific lumber and building products, including:
Dense Armor Drywall and Decking
ToughArmor Gypsum board
Georgia pacific Plytanium Plywood
Flexrock
Densglass sheathing
G/P Industrial plasters (some products used by a lot of crafters)
FibreStrong Rim board
G/P Lam board
Blue Ribbon OSB Rated Sheathing
Blue Ribbon Sub-floor
DryGuard Enhanced OSB
Nautilus Wall Sheathing
Thermostat OSB Radiant Barrier Sheathing
Broadspan Engineered Wood Products
XJ 85 I-Joists
FireDefender Banded Cores
FireDefender FS
FireDefender Mineral Core
Hardboard and Thin MDF including Auto Hardboard,
That is sick and disgusting. Taking us back to the days of segregation will do what that is positive? Nothing. Now people of color won’t be able to get the education they need to succeed in life. The Kroch brothers are the cockroaches of our time. 😡
These fascist Koch Brothers seem hell bent on subverting democracy any way they can and No Child Left Behind, implemented by the Bush Administration, has given them the opportunity to stick their dirty fingers in our education system. The massive failure of NCLB is constantly rearing its ugly head and is the number one reason our schools are failing – plus the feelings of anxiety and desperation that is now the “social norm” as we witness our nation imploding under the weight of a corrupt Presidency and Congress. How many children are dropping out of High School because they see no future for employment other than in the service sector? How many children are being pushed into higher grades via cheating on standardized tests that several school districts have encountered, and brought about because teachers are in fear of their jobs?
It’s a terrible situation, and just one of many issues that our Congress and Presidency are failing to address, thus speeding up our decent to the bottom.
Boycott all their companies!
They won’t be happy until they rule the world.
The Koch Brothers — two of the drawbacks of improved medical care.
Of course the acorns didn’t fall far from the tree. They’re all nuts.
Racism … it’s alive, well and generously financed.
This is our country on Koch.
Thanks everyone. America needs to stop Koch sucking!