#TacosForTeachers: crowdfunding to feed LA's teachers as they strike against privatization and austerity
Teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District (America's largest district) are walking the picket line this week in the pouring rain, demanding an end to the billionaire dark-money backed privatization movement that funnels public education funds to the shareholders of racially segregated, underperforming charter schools.
The Democratic Socialists of America have started a GoFundMe to provide taco truck meals to the striking teachers. It was originally intended to raise $1,000 and feed a couple schools' worth of teachers, but it's reached $24,000 as of this writing.
I just sent them $100. I am a dues-paying member of the Democratic Socialists of America, having been inspired to join by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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