Unions Around the Country Must Go All Out for Teachers in Minneapolis

With the teachers’ strike in Minneapolis in its third week, we need working class solidarity more than ever.

An Open Letter to Minneapolis Teachers From a Black Educator

A first year NYC educator shares their admiration for the fight put forward by the Minneapolis Public School teachers and their determination to win.

Public Education Is Not for Sale: The Case of Minneapolis Schools

As the Minneapolis teachers’ strike enters its third week, an Educational Support Professional examines the corporate interests behind the school district’s reluctance to meet educators’ demands.

Minneapolis Students Speak Truth to Power in Solidarity With Striking Teachers

On Thursday, over 100 Minneapolis students walked the picket lines and organized a sit in as a show of solidarity with their teachers. They powerfully confronted the district's negotiating team and spoke truth to power.

“They Are Fighting for Us”: Minneapolis Student in Solidarity With Striking Teachers

A sophomore at South High School gave the following speech Thursday morning at a student action in solidarity with the Minneapolis educator’s strike.

Minneapolis Teachers in the Pandemic: “No Student Should Receive a Failing Grade”

The following letter was written by Minneapolis educators in January 2022 as teachers were entering grades for students for the Fall semester. Teachers are calling on others not to give any student a failing grade

“We Got Your Back”: Student Protest in Solidarity with Teachers Strike

Students organized a march and sit in in solidarity with Minneapolis educators.

“I’ve Never Felt So Powerful”: On the Picket Line of the Minneapolis Educator Strike

Minneapolis teachers enter week 2 of their strike. The atmosphere is electric and teachers are fighting to win. It's a strike for not only teachers, but for the whole community. And in the home of the George Floyd uprising, it is a struggle for Black lives.

International Solidarity with Minneapolis Teachers Strike

Teachers and other workers from our sister sites in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico show their solidarity with the Minneapolis teachers and other education workers who are on strike.