Chicago Teachers Are Carrying the Torch of Decades of Militant Worker Struggles
By building community support and staging disruption, the teachers can expand the boundaries of what’s politically possible and force the city to bend to its social justice demands

Striking Chicago public school teachers and their supporters march through the Loop

“I solemnly swear that I will never stop fighting for my students.” This hand-made picket sign, one of hundreds at an October 25 Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and SEIU 73 rally, sums up what makes the teachers’ strike so important.

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