Ich habe mir Michael Moore's
The anti-Trump movie angesehen.
Fahrenheit 11/9
Es war sehenswert, auch wenn man vieles schon kannte.
U. a. über
West Virginia Teachers Strike for better pay and benefits.
West Virginia ranks 48th out of 50 states in terms of teacher pay.
What are the origins of the strike?
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A West Virginia Teacher Explains Why She’s on Strike
....They implemented Go365, which is an app that I’m supposed to download on my phone, to track my steps, to earn points through this app. If I don’t earn enough points, and if I choose not to use the app, then I’m penalized $500 at the end of the year. People felt that was very invasive, to have to download that app and to be forced into turning over sensitive information....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/w ... trike.htmlDie Szenen, Stimmen und Bilder aus seiner Heimatstadt
Flint / Michigan machten immer wieder besonders betroffen.
Vor allem Michigans Govenor Rick Snyder, Obama und andere bekamen ihr Fett ab von den betroffenen
Flint-Bewohnern. Obama, der zwar ein Glas Flint-Wasser vor den Augen der Bewohner verlangte, aber nicht wirklich daraus trank, nur etwas daran nippte.
While the Children in Flint Were Given Poisoned Water to Drink, General Motors Was Given a Special Hookup to the Clean Water. https://michaelmoore.com/10FactsOnFlint/Moore will be speaking after the screening with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, whose new book “What the Eyes Don’t See” tells the story of her role in going public with her research that proved children were being exposed to lead by the Flint water crisis.
“Flint is a public health disaster. But it was Dr. Mona, this caring, tough pediatrician turned detective, who cracked the case.”—Rachel Maddow
“It’s one thing to point out a problem. It is another thing altogether to step up and work to fix it. Mona Hanna-Attisha is a true American hero.”—Erin Brockovich
Michael Moore: I’ll move to Canada if ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ gets me in troublehttps://globalnews.ca/news/4468773/mich ... nheit-119/OT: Die Kanadier haben in Ontario ihren "Trump North", aka Doug Ford, Premier Minister.
So wird er hier öfters genannt. Unser Winfried Kretschmann hat ja dieser Tage leider keine
Bekanntschaft mit ihm machen können.
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore says he thinks it is 'sad' that Ontarians elected Doug Ford as premier. Moore adds that Ford would have to 'go a long way' to be comparable to U.S. President Donald Trump.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/ ... ael-moore/