Jacobin Radio: Fires Raging in California

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🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

A look at the fires raging across California, and the impending teacher’s strike. Suzi talks to urban theorist Mike Davis for his “Tale of Two Fires,” contrasting the Paradise and Malibu conflagrations, which he says is like comparing two Californias. She then talks to United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) president Alex Caputo Pearl who addresses another sort of fire, this one threatening public education. Alex explains the issues behind the historic 98 percent strike-authorization vote from the UTLA membership, issues that go to the heart of the competing visions for public education from the union (UTLA), and the district (LAUSD, the second-largest in the country) that is in austerity and downsizing mode, while the union is pushing for smaller classes, more funding, more staff, and the needs of students and education as a whole.

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0:00.0	I'm Susie Weisman and this is Jackman Radio.
0:07.0	Today we look at the fires raging across California and the looming
0:15.0	teacher strike. We begin with urban theorists Mike Davis, whose 1996 article
0:20.4	Let Malibu Burn is as prescient for today as it was 22 years ago.
0:26.0	Mike joins us for a tale of two fires contrasting the Paradise and Malibu conflagrations, which
0:31.9	he says is like comparing to California's.
0:35.2	We then talk to United Teachers of Los Angeles, UTLA President Alex Caputo Pearl, who addresses
0:41.4	another sort of fire, this one threatening public education.
0:45.4	Alex joins us to explain the issues behind the historic 98% strike authorization vote from
0:51.5	the UTLA membership, issues that go to the heart of the competing
0:55.6	visions for public education from the union and the district that is in austerity and
1:00.7	downsizing mode, while the union is pushing for smaller classes more
1:05.2	funding more staff and the needs of students and education as a whole.
1:09.9	We'll get the big picture from Mike Davis and Alex Caputo Pearl when we return with
1:14.6	Jacobin Radio in just a moment. I'm Susie Weizmann and welcome to Jacqueline Radio.
1:27.0	And I'm very pleased to have my dear friend Mike Davis with us.
1:31.0	He's a rabble rousing prolific writer and urban theorist he's
1:35.4	joining us for what we're going to call or what he's calling a tale of two fires
1:39.8	Paradise and Malibu.
1:43.0	In 1996, Mike was pilloried for publishing his article,
1:47.0	the case for letting Malibu burn, which caused consternation
1:50.0	and derision, but 22 years later, he's been proved more than right.
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