This week Eric sits down with education and labor activist and Green Party candidate for Lt. Governor of New York, Jia Lee. Eric and Jia explore everything from the neoliberal assault on education to the disaster capitalism at work in Puerto Rico. The conversation begins with a discussion about the ways in which Wall Street and billion-dollar corporations are privatizing and capitalizing public education while undermining teachers unions and destroying teaching as a profession. From there, Jia discusses her experiences this past summer in Puerto Rico, and how the devastation post Hurricane Maria mirrors what we’ve seen in New Orleans and elsewhere. The last part of the interview focuses on the campaign, the relevance of an issue-centered “activist” campaign, and the need for unity in the face of this right wing attack. All this and so much more on the latest CounterPunch Radio.

Music: The Orwells – “Who Needs You”

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