I Won’t Back Down ~ Angry Tired Teachers ~
Angry Tired Teachers version of the Tom Petty song "I Won't Back Down," sung by Andrew Kong Knight, from the Angry Tired Teachers album "Stickin' it to the Man." This video shows rare historical clips of the band from the "Stickin' it to the Man" recording sessions. It includes clips of live performances from the recent Hayward Unified School District teachers strike. Also featured are recently unreleased film clips portions of which had been withheld under the claim that releasing them would "endanger the national security." With the help of the ACLU of Southern California, Alani Rose sued the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act, asking the courts to order release of the withheld portions of the Angry Tired Teachers FBI video file footage. On Feb. 26, 2009, the FBI agreed to release the five Mini-DV videos that were still being withheld, bringing to an end 5 years of litigation. This extremely rare, never-seen-before footage of "I Won't Back Down" is from the "Cuts Hurt/ Budgetwelooza Tour" in which the band rolled across the state playing protests and rallies in Hayward, Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and the State Capitol in Sacramento. Film footage of the Cuts Hurt Bus Tour and Los Angeles rallies courtesy of California Teachers Association (CTA) Special thanks to Mark Koelher and Robert MacCarty for the Hayward Unified School Strike video footage ***** Angry Tired Teachers Official Web Site: www.andrewkongknight.com Link to CD's: cdbaby.com Song Credits ...
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Comments on I Won’t Back Down ~ Angry Tired Teachers ~
Yeah, Superjerkbag, that’s right everyone I know is a well paid sports star.
You sure are a smart. Maybe you should become a teacher?
@kanesloane
Yeah, teachers turned everyone in to moronic sports stars
Yeah Super jerk Bag,
You’re so right. We shouldn’t pay teachers much at all, they don’t do anything important.
Let’s pay movie stars and sports stars more money.
Any profession except teachers. Yeah, let’s get rid of all these teachers, that would really make it a great society.
You’re so wise Super Jerk Bag, I bet you didn’t need any teachers at all to become so smart and insightful, huh?
Teachers are glorified nannies who bitch about being underpaid. Probably the most petty profession that ever existed
Disolve the union and kids would benefit. The California Teachers Association has spent more than $200 million on campaign contributions and lobbying efforts in the last decade, leading what the Fair Political Practices Commission calls a “billion-dollar club” of moneyed political interests.
The guitarist is my dad! Hell yeah!
Thats my art teacher too!!!.. woo Mr. Knight!!!..lol
That’s my art teacher!
You really can’t spell. Yes, they really funked it up!
Awesome job! Angry Tired Teachers ROCK!
Yous Realy Fuked Up The Song!
Yeah, good point Waverly, don’t educate people, so there’s more crime and our prisons become even more overcrowded. Nice.
Yeah, education is just a waste of time & money.
Sure.
Yep, exactly, employers want to hire the uneducated.
Makes a lot of sense Waverly.
Yes, doesn’t it make you feel good to blame our economy on the poor and people less fortunate than you?
Yeah, let’s support the powerful, the people who have most of the wealth, It’s worked so great so far! Yeah, gimme, gimme!!
If you educators want to cut out waste, then tell illegals NOT to bother with college. It’s pointless for them to use up time and money and effort and state funding to get a degree because no employer can ever hire them.
I can’t wait to see the Angry Tired Teachers rock out on Sat. May 30th at the Berkeley Community Theater!
They’re going to bring the house down fighting for social security fairness.
See you there!