Hello, I'm Michael Watson, joined by Sarah Lee, and this is our first episode of Capital Research Centers, Who Funds That podcast?

I am fond of reminding anyone who will listen that organized labor is an institutional pillar of everything leftism,

an omnibus ideology of progressive, liberal socialist politics that relies on every single issue,

yes, including that one, that has one right answer and every issue relies on all

issues following the party line. Today's guest, Ryan Staley of Defending Education, found documents

from the Sunrise Movement, a radical left mobilization group that has shifted focus from the

Green New Deal and environmentalism toward the full everything leftist agenda that further prove these ties.

He joins us today to discuss his research on Sunrise Movement's Guide to Plan School Disruptions

and the role of the teachers' unions in supporting them. Ryan, we had you on the Influence Watch

podcast before. Today, you get the honor of being guest number one on who funds that.

Awesome. Well, thanks for having me, guys.

For any new listeners, can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your work for defending

education?

Yeah, so I'm a director of research for defending education. It's a, it's a nonprofit where we focus on K-12 and university-level education.

You know, we believe that it's worth fighting for at this point because, you know, my other part of my background is I'm a former teacher and educator.

My wife's a teacher.

I'm third generation educator.

And we've, my wife and I have both worked with families from the full gambit of a range

of backgrounds and so forth.

And so, you know, while we support, defending Ed, while we support homeschool, we support school choice, charter schools, etc.

We also know that not every family can leave the institution that's the public education at this time and place.

And so we really believe it's worth fighting for.

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