Socialist-led #RedForEd Movement Aims to Reinvigorate Labor, Defeat Trump

Socialist-led #RedForEd Movement Aims to Reinvigorate Labor, Defeat Trump
Arizona teachers march through downtown Phoenix on their way to the State Capitol as part of a rally for the #REDforED movement in Phoenix, Arizona on April 26, 2018. Ralph Freso/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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An aggressive new public school teacher-based political movement, with radical policy goals and socialist backing, is helping organized labor conduct educators’ strikes in battleground states that President Donald Trump needs to win in 2020 to stay in office.

Protesters who are part of the #RedForEd movement are demanding, among other things, teacher salary increases, smaller classroom sizes, and an end to taxpayer support for charter schools and private school vouchers.