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by Randi Weingarten, AFT President

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New York Times columns

01/18/26

The march to autocracy

Portland vigil

12/21/25

Gratitude for the helpers

AFT President Randi Weingarten, second from right, at a Labor Day celebration in Chicago on Sept. 1.

11/16/25

Affordability really matters

10/26/25

We, the people, say: ‘No Kings’

Weingarten speaks at a “No Kings” protest in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18.

09/21/25

Why Fascists Fear Teachers

08/17/25

Picnics, parades and empowering workers

Keynote Speech at AFT TEACH 2025

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Union Talk Podcast

Union Talk Podcast, 2/2/26

This lawsuit pushes back against efforts to muzzle constitutionally protected speech. Educators shouldn’t be targeted for what they say on their own time. Proud to stand with @texasaft.org in defending our members’ rights.https://youtube.com/shorts/9kemp9LXg1Q

- Randi Weingarten

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AFT President Randi Weingarten reading with a young child

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Why Fascists Hate Teachers

AFT President Randi Weingarten’s new book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy, exposes the long-planned strategy to undermine education—and lifts up the powerful role educators play in protecting truth and democracy.