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Current Events DOWNLOAD ALL: DOC | PDF | ODT
COMING TO AMERICA DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
A story about how immigrants go through coyotes and snakeheads - people who smuggle you in from Mexico and China - to get to the US.
KIDNAP THE BOSS DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
Kidnap the Boss to negotiate fewer job losses and better severance pay. Being France, they do give the boss a delicious dinner.
HOW CAN WE MAKE CHANGE DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
A short introduction to direct action, vis a vis the government and non-profits.
PARDON ME DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
A story about pardons, including a paragraph about women in California prisons who've been pardoned by Gov. Schwarzenegger for killing their abusive husbands. Goes well with the Watergate story below.
ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAWS DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
Police in California disagree on enforcing immigration laws. Orange County PD is sending 200 cops to learn how to deport undocumented immigrants, while the LAPD says they have better things to do, and that deporting deters undocumented immigrant victims and witnesses from going to the police.
WHO'S THE BOSS DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
A story about a bankrupt factory in Argentina that was taken over by its workers and is now run democratically. Goes great before the Haymarket story.
FROM GANGS TO UNIONS DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
A short story about former gang members joining the building trades in LA. Inspirational and good. From Sam Quinones, LA Times.
SOCIAL SECURITY DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
Do undocumented immigrants avoid taxes? They pay up to $9,000,000,000 a year to Social Security that they'll never get out.
CREDIT CARDS DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
Should undocumented immigrants get them?.
WHY HAVE A GO BAG DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
A story about post-Katrina New Orleans teaches why we all need to have Go Bags. (Good for units on emergencies.).
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
Teach your students their right to remain silent when questioned by the police. Includes fun dialogs where students can (safely) experience sneaky cop interrogation tricks. Simple and good. Students will learn the phrase, "I am going to remain silent. I want to see a lawyer.".
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