Series

Teachers against privatization

Teachers and education activists gathered at the Trinational Conference to Defend Public Education to document the different aspects of the neoliberal attack on public education and take stock of the lessons of the struggle against it. In this series of interviews, teachers from across North America and the Caribbean shared their experiences.

Interview: Rafael Feliciano Hernández

Puerto Rico’s teacher rebellion

The leader of the teachers union in Puerto Rico describes the backdrop for this year's teachers strike against privatization and anti-union attacks.

May 26, 2008
Interview: Michael Molina

Privatization and the Katrina solution

The worst damage to New Orleans schools came after Hurricane Katrina--inflicted by conservative ideologues and private education companies.

May 28, 2008
Interview: Eustolia Mateos Luna

The struggle of Oaxacan teachers goes on

A leader of the struggle of Oaxacan teachers reflects on the aftermath of government repression and the challenges teachers face today.

May 29, 2008
Interview: Jinny Sims

Mobilizing teachers’ power

The leader of an illegal strike of teachers in British Colombia against budget cuts talks about the lessons of the struggle.

May 30, 2008
Interview: Steven Miller

What’s on the school privatizers’ agenda?

Behind the rhetoric about improving education, the goal of privatization is to undercut and destroy a system of public control over schools.

June 2, 2008