we will continue the conversation with professor pauline lipman after the break. rhoda rae gutierrez will be out on the picket line with your kids today. phil cantor teacher in strike captain at a high school, a member of teachers for social justice. we're talking about the teacher strike today, the first time in a quarter-century teachers' strike in the third largest district in the country, chicago. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we're continuing on the teachers' strike in chicago, the largest are the first strike and a quarter century in the third largest school district in this country. the mayor is rahm emanuel, the former chief of staff of president obama. pauline lipman is with us, director of the clever to for equity and justice and education and on the cord and the committee for teachers for social justice. the teachers have just gone out on strike. professor, put this in a national context, what this means, what the chicago strike means for the nation. >> then morning. as i said i