Librariance. New nutritionist. Starving children dont learn well. They give them lunches. This is an art class in San Francisco hospital. Art class for crippled children. The photographers that i find of San Francisco indicate that schools were integrated at the lowest level. You could mitigate the racial problem from the bottom up. There was also Adult Education too. This 1 learned one learned to read as many did. Many of the Community Colleges were a result of the new deal. Sacramento. I gave a talk at santa rosa and the city college in San Francisco was largely a product of the pwa and has wonderful art work all over it by the art in action project at the Treasure Island fair. And then theres these special schools for crippled children. This is in the Mission District and its a Beautiful School with all the features we take for granted because of the americans with disabilities act. It has wonderful tiles. This was not accidental. This is the sunshine school. We made the school as b
Because, in fact, we might be having another one soon. The Great Depression was photo. The Farm Security division which turned good photographers into great ones. Berkeley photographer dorothy alang. These give you an idea of just how apalling bad the great reh depression was. The best we have, as well as movies, its difficult to million how it was. We tend to look back through the safety net, which was created by the new deal. It was very difficult for young people to understand a time when there was no social safety net. When you lost your job, within a short period of time, you lost your home, food, everything. You were out on the street and your family broke up. It was an apalling time. One tow which some people would like us to return. Heres a guy himself, thats actually a light bounce off of fdr roosevelt. This was his chakra. This was march 4th, 1933. He made the statement and he made it, i didnt understand a long time. The point i was making, people were terrified. Because it s
They gave grants and loans for dams and sewage. Sewage treatment. Airports et cetera. Hopkins couldnt stand each other. And were constantly battling. They kicked the Construction Industry back to good health. The upper right one is the alameda park station. They could not aid the private agencies. Alameda had its own electrical system. These are various projects. Los angeles storm drain system. They raised the dam. Your water is a product of pw a. They built the sacramento water reservoir. The fans were so well built that in fact, they are still in use. The engineers said we have to replace a ball bearing. We of course, have neglected our infrainstruct our and its rated to be a d and dropping. So if you dont pay your taxes, things do fall down. Much of it is things that were built during the new deal. Fortunately, they built them very well. So the stuff was really built to last. But, if you dont have taxes to run a state. I expect we will see more of that stuff. I will give you a brief
Money. There were so popular, they were not able to stop it. They began to finance rightwing think tanks. They have been successful to the university of Chicago Economics Department and notable fraud such as milton freed man. The idea of neoliberalism is there should be massive, selective tax cuts. Margaret thatcher it is there is no alternative. Of course thats absurd. There was an alternative. We have to connect the dots to understand what is going on today. I read the chronicle. So what ive done is put together a montage of the murder of Public Sector, which is going on everyday. In fact all of the Public Sector is in body shape. Public libraries, parks from the municipal to the national level. Our character is among the worst in the world. The new deal deals with things in a different way. When i was going to school, california schools were the best. Now they are among the worst with the new budget cuts. Of course, my university is being privatized. All of the Higher Education is b
Run a state. I expect we will see more of that stuff. I will give you a brief tour that we take for granted. The commitment to Public Education in all its manifestations. Public schools from kindergarten to higher education. There are thousand of new deal schools built within less than ten years. Many have art work in or on them. This is Berkeley High school. You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. The schools are always telling you that Public Education can make you better. It should be free. Now, Public Education was fortunatate in california. Just in time for them to move in. They build hundreds of schools. Seismically safe schools. When you enter it, you go under a copper marquee. Enter to learn. We are all this in together. The Public Service is a noble thing. This is a San Francisco school that might be attractive to so eyes. It was a fire trap. They tore these down and replaced them. George washington. Hollywood high school. They have english, latin and greek