Across the country, far-left activists are plotting how to advance a radical left-wing political agenda, which they claim is intended to help the poor and oppressed, wrote Rhyen Staley with Defending Education. If the curtain is pulled back, Staley wrote that one will find upper- and middle-class left-wing radicals forcing social justice beliefs on society, all the way down to their children.
May Day, or International Worker’s Day, is an annual holiday that honors the labor movement and worker’s rights. Normally, marches and rallies take place for labor unions demand things regarding better working condition, higher wages, and the like.
Townhall reports how this year for May Day, along with the “standard list of cliché Marxist demand” to take money from the rich to benefit other, there is a more deliberate attempt for far-left activists to gain numbers, influence, and control through the education system.
Staley spoke with AFN on how these activists are wanting to use universities and K-12 schools to do walkouts and teacher strikes, like the ones seen in the last couple months.
"We're already seeing the Chicago Teachers Union has already committed to this openly, and I suspect there's going to be other teachers' unions as well. This is an issue for families because people are expecting their children to be in school and we have outside entities creating chaos for the school environment specifically," Staley says.
Staley recommended parents pay attention to what's going on locally.
"Adults can do adult things, and they certainly have a First Amendment right to protest, but where it crosses the line is when they start to impact the learning of our children," Staley says. "If these events are disruptive to the learning environment, the schools have a right to not allow the students go demonstrate."
As a former teacher himself, Staley said that there's nothing more disruptive to the learning environment than kids walking out of school. While parents and other concerned citizens can do their part, Staley said Defending Education will also be working.
"We're tracking these school protests across the country," Staley said.
