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In capitalist countries around the world, there are constant budget cuts and attacks on public education and teachers. But in socialist Cuba things are very different. An end to illiteracy and the implementation of universal, high quality, free public education are among the monumental accomplishments of the Cuban revolution. It is an unrivaled achievement in Latin America, made possible by the socialist principles of the Cuban revolution.

Niurka González Orberá leads the the union whose workers make this all possible.

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México City, México – On March 5 the World Federation of Teachers Unions (FISE) successfully concluded its 18th Congress in México City. Militant teachers and education workers from around the world gathered to strategize how to resist regressive ‘education reform’ proposals that capitalist governments are pushing forward in country after country to corporatize and privatize public education.

FISE is the education sector federation of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), an international union federation with more than 92 million members worldwide that is based on class struggle unionism, union democracy, internationalism and anti-imperialism. The 18th FISE Congress was hosted by the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE), the militant Mexican teachers’ union that has led bold strikes in defense of public education. Throughout the congress, CNTE leaders from Oaxaca, Chiapas, Michoacan and many other parts of Mexico shared their inspiring experiences of militant mass mobilization and strikes to defend public education.

The second day of the FISE Congress included presentations by union leaders from many countries in the Americas and around the world about the struggle to defend public education in their countries. Presentations were followed by approval of several resolutions. One resolution condemned the U.S. government’s denial of WFTU General Secretary George Mavrikos’ entry into the U.S. to speak at a labor conference in Los Angeles. Other resolutions were passed in support of the statewide teachers’ strike in West Virginia, and in support of the teachers’ struggle in Puerto Rico against the privatization of public education in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

After the resolutions, the congress delegates voted to pass a general declaration and action plan, and elected FISE’s new leadership until the next congress. The new FISE leadership body includes union leaders from Lebanon, México, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Senegal, Greece, Tunisia, U.S., Costa Rica, Zimbabwe, Panama, Niger, Basque Country, Chile, Morocco, El Salvador and Cuba.

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México City, México – Militant teachers and education workers from around the world gathered to strategize in México City, March 4, the opening day of the 18th Congress of FISE (International Federation of the Education Sector). FISE is the education sector organization of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), an international union federation with more than 92 million members worldwide that is based on class struggle unionism, union democracy, internationalism and anti-imperialism.

The 18th FISE Congress convened with the themes of “teachers dynamically in the struggle: for full time jobs with full rights! For an education that serves the people needs! No to the reforms against education!”

The 18th FISE Congress is hosted by the National Coordination of Education Workers (CNTE), the militant Mexican teachers union that has led bold strikes in defense of public education.

There are delegates in attendance from teachers and education unions from many countries including Cuba, Brazil, Lebanon, Greece, Costa Rica, Panama, Niger, Senegal, Basque Country, Vietnam, Argentina and Chile, among others.

From the presentations of unions around the world it became increasingly clear that capitalist governments are following the same “education reform” playbook in their attacks on public education, cutting education budgets, degrading the quality of public education, laying off teachers and privatizing public education for profit.

The speeches were full of urgency and hope. Delegates spoke of the responsibility of teachers and their unions to organize and protect education from privatization and capitalistic automation, both figuratively, as testing replaces critical thought, and literally, as computers replace teachers. Many delegates stressed that this organizing must reach beyond teachers’ individual unions to their students, parents, the broader community, and ultimately across borders to create continental and global solidarity.

A delegation of trade unionists from the U.S. is present at the 18th FISE Congress, including rank-and-file leaders from the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and AFSCME Local 3800. The U.S. delegates expressed enthusiasm to learn from the class struggle approach of unions around the world that are fighting back against the same type of attacks on public education.

The FISE Congress will continue with plenaries, resolutions and leadership elections.

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