Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the author of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779831/why-fascists-fear-teachers-by-randi-weingarten/" target="_blank">Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy</a> (Thesis, 2025), talks about her new book and explains why she says education protects democracy.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the author of Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy (Thesis, 2025), talks about her new book and explains why she says education protects democracy.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the author of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779831/why-fascists-fear-teachers-by-randi-weingarten/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy</a>&nbsp;(Thesis, 2025), talks about her new book and explains why she says education protects democracy.

Fighting Fascism with Education

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