While some teachers’ unions are busy engaging in boycotts of Israel and other posturing, others are doing real work on the ground to help build union power in Palestine — and make the lives of Palestinians better. The American Federation…
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AFT programs boost organising, communications for Palestinian teachers
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The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has long been active in promoting independent, democratic teacher trade unions around the world and its Middle East program has focussed on three countries — Iraq, Yemen and Palestine. The Palestine component is a…
AFT Reiterates Opposition to Academic Boycott of Israel
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In the aftermath of the war in Gaza, a number of Canadian and American professors and organizers have called for an academic boycott of Israel. These initiatives are similar to efforts by a group of British academics earlier this decade…