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The strike received massive support globally, with the central hashtag for the event, #SchoolStrike2021, tweeted nearly 7,500 times and videos submitted from Britain, the US, Canada, Brazil, Germany, France, Poland, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand.
The protest called for school staff across Ontario to wear superior masks to work, such as N95 respirators, rather than the surgical masks mandated by the provincial government and school boards.
No aspect of Freire’s work has anything whatsoever to do with Marxism, the struggle to build a revolutionary party of the working class, or the development of a socialist pedagogy.
Today–October 15, 2021–parents, teachers and workers in countries around the world are once again supporting the call from UK parent Lisa Diaz for a one day school strike to fight against the deadly reopening of schools as the COVID-19 pandemic rages.
A growing strike wave of historical proportions is taking place against decades of attacks on living standards and working conditions, and we must be a part of it.
Our committee supports the growing strike wave in the US and around the world and fully endorses the October 15 global school strike against the reckless return to in-person learning.
The recently formed John Deere Workers Rank-and-File Committee is calling for a strategy to expand the strike, provide workers with the necessary resources, and prevent another sellout by the UAW.
Our committee stands in solidarity with parents, educators, and all workers striking on October 15 against unsafe conditions in schools in the UK and globally due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
We are building a network of rank-and-file educators, students, parents, and workers to stop the spread of COVID-19 and save lives.
