CW 358: Confessions of an American Dissident with Bill Ayers Co-Founder of the Weather Underground & Retired Professor at the University of Illinois

Bill Ayers is the co-founder of the Weather Underground and founder of the Small Schools Workshop and the Center for Youth and Society. He's the author of the new book, "PUBLIC ENEMY: Confessions of an American Dissident."

 

Ayers joins the show to discuss how we can rebuild inner city public school. He proposes an Occupy Our Schools movement to get government to put more resources into lower education. 

 

Ayers has been a controversial figure for most of his life. He explains why he was denied emeritus status at University of Illinois at Chicago. He's very well-connected in the Chicago and talks about the continuing gun violence despite more gun control laws.

 

Ayers finishes the interview talking about President Obama, his relationship with him, and why he doesn't support him.

 

Find out more about Bill Ayers at www.billayers.org.