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New World Notes - 5/24/2011 12:00-12:30 pm
This week on New World Notes: radio program #168, May 24:
Corporations vs. Schoolchildren
The intensifying attack on public schools has 2 prongs. One is the campaign to turn the schools over to for-profit corporations. Commentators Glen Ford and Mumia Abu-Jamal analyze the scam brilliantly.
The second prong is consumer advertising and marketing to a captive audience of students within the schools. Many schools are so under-funded that they feel they have to let the marketers in. This segment rebroadcasts portions of a nice Canadian documentary, Corporations in the Classroom.