Arizona Versus the Privatizers
Arizona has long been ground zero for school privatization. Striking educators now have a chance to turn back the tide.
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Eric Blanc is an assistant professor of labor studies at Rutgers University. He is the author of Red State Revolt: The Teachers’ Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics and Revolutionary Social Democracy: Working-Class Politics Across the Russian Empire (1882-1917).
Arizona has long been ground zero for school privatization. Striking educators now have a chance to turn back the tide.
Educators in Arizona are walking out today to demand better pay and full school funding. It will likely be the largest and most dramatic education strike yet.
The victory in West Virginia and the impasse in Oklahoma raise important questions for the Left. Drawing out the strategic lessons of these strikes is crucial for the fights ahead.
A century ago, Oklahoma had the strongest socialist movement in the US. Today, there are signs it’s being reborn.
Oklahoma schools have been closed more than a week. But faced with Republican intransigence, the strike has now reached a critical turning point.
Kentucky schools are shut down today amid a growing grassroots worker rebellion. We spoke with one rank and filer who helped organize the action.
On Monday, schools will be shut down across Oklahoma as rank-and-file teachers look to build on the momentum of the West Virginia strike.
West Virginia’s historic wildcat strike has the potential to change everything.
West Virginia shows that we can fight back and win. We talk to two teachers to assess the tentative settlement and what comes next.
An update from West Virginia, where it’s virtually certain the strike will continue on Monday.
Without the bold initiative of a core of deeply rooted, radical teachers, there would be no strike in West Virginia right now.
“We’re not going back to work until there’s solid proof that our demands are going to be met,” a teacher unionist on strike in West Virginia tells Jacobin.
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