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Glen Ford: Corporate Assault on Public Education
The Editors
30 Aug 2015
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by the editors

Glen Ford discusses the connections between public education and the rise of corporate Democrats. Ford specifically denounces Cory Booker, a Democrat who has ties to right wing organizations. Describing the actions and policies of Cory Booker and Barack Obama, Ford calls out the Democratic Party's agenda to privatize public education, a right wing agenda disguised as liberal policy.

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