Episode 001: Three Lies School Officials Say to Reopen During the Pandemic, vs. the Science of COVID (Jan. 17, 2022)

BAMN held a national tribunal for Shutting Down COVID and Shutting Down In-Person Schools on Zoom on January 17 (Martin Luther King Day), 2022. The tribunal was held during a wave of student and teacher-led walkouts and strikes against dangerous school reopening plans.

SPEAKERS:

SHANTA DRIVER - BAMN's national chair reported on BAMN's continuing fight to shut down COVID and in-person schools and on needing to continue the mass student, teacher and community actions.

NEAL LYONS - BAMN organizer counters the three main lies told by school administrators to force moving schools back to in-person learning.

0:00 Intro 1:28 Tribunal to shut down COVID Jan. 17, 2022 3:15 Shanta Driver intro 4:45 Shanta Driver: Lessons BAMN has learned fighting to shut down COVID and shut down in-person schools 20:27 Neal Lyons intro 21:21 Neal Lyons: Three Lies School Officials Say 42:25 Outro

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