EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: VP of Chicago Teachers Union Calls To Abolition The Constitution On Protest Organizing Call
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Chicago Teachers Union VP: “Let’s Get Rid of the Democratic Nature of the System”
“Let’s get rid of the democratic nature of the system.”
“Instead of only talking about preserving a constitution that was already imperfect and eroding before our eyes, we want to imagine a better union…”
Those aren’t the words of a fringe activist on a street corner. That’s Jackson Potter, Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union, speaking on an organizing call for this year’s May Day protests.
Potter’s message to teachers, union allies, and protest organizers was clear: America’s constitutional framework is obsolete, and the goal isn’t reform—it’s replacement. He used the platform not to advocate for school funding or classroom support, but to call for a mass economic disruption aimed at ushering in a radically different political order.
“May 1st is a workday to demonstrate just a fraction of what’s possible. When we shut shit down, we know another world is possible, and we want to help everyone imagine that.”
Instead of free speech and voting rights as protected by the Constitution, Potter demanded a new set of “social economic rights,” including:
Government-guaranteed housing
Medicare for all
College for all
Mandatory unionization via card check
“We don’t want unlawful search and seizure, but we also want a right to housing, a right to Medicare for all—not just Medicaid for some. Because if the 1% got its way, it’d be none for nobody except them.”
His remarks reflect a growing sentiment within public-sector unions that the fight isn’t just about wages or working conditions—it’s about fundamentally reengineering society.
Potter didn’t hide the revolutionary implications:
“Let’s get rid of the democratic nature of the system. Let’s fight the attacks to eliminate the rights we already have.”
The CTU vice president also framed the May Day actions as a show of force against immigration enforcement, referencing the deportation case of a sheet metal worker, Kilmar Armando Obrego Garcia.
“It’s also an attack on our immigrant sisters and brothers. We’re all workers, and we’re not going to let the billionaire bosses divide us.”
This isn’t a one-off moment. It’s part of a broader pattern in which the Chicago Teachers Union—one of the most politically powerful local unions in the country—uses the public education platform to push explicitly anti-capitalist, anti-constitutional, and anti-democratic objectives.
When a union vice president openly calls for the end of democratic governance and the creation of a new economic order, the public should take notice. This isn’t just about education. It’s a revolution—disguised as labor organizing.
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As a former public school employee and union member (I literally grew up in the union, as my dad was, also union.) I can say this rhetoric has really been cemented over the last 15 years. The tone moved from protecting wages and benefits to increasing involvement in student issues to social control. The communists are deeply entrenched in the union leadership now and the rank and file don't dare speak out or they will be blacklisted. (yes, there was always some underlying sentiment, but they went from union members to "brothers and sisters" to "comrades" toward the end of my career). Great work, as always, Karlyn!