To support the struggle of Koreans in Japan to defend their community and schools from discrimination, ANSWER Coalition organizers participated in the 1st Academic Peace Delegation to Chongryon (The General Association of Korean Residents in Japan) from November 20 to 26.

Tens of thousands of teachers, counselors, librarians, nurses, and other education workers in Los Angeles have been on strike all week.

On Feb. 28, students and youth protested and sat-in demanding that their school stay open as Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s appointed school board passed a motion to close the last four high schools in the working-class neighborhood of Englewood.

This article is based on speeches by Araceli Patricia Cruz and Karina Garcia at the New York City Rally in Solidarity with Oaxaca on June 20 in Times Square.

On Sept. 17 students charged the Chancellor's office demanding answers about the closing of the Advocacy Center in June.

On April 29, around 50 people braved the cold rain and wind to protest skyrocketing student debt and the increasing exploitation of academic laborers at SU.

On Oct. 21, hundreds marched in protest of the City College of New York administration's surprise attack on and shutdown of the Morales-Shakur Student Center.

It was struggle that brought about public education in the United States, and we must continue the fight to defend it

Coalition leaders have reached out to labor and community groups, conducted teach-ins and recruited student and faculty representatives on each of the nine primary City College campuses, gained the active support of the San Francisco Central Labor Council, and joined with leaders from other colleges

Join workers, students, activists and poor people on Nov. 19 for a Socialism Conference in Los Angeles. It will take place from 10am-4pm at LACC.