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Video: Basque Country union leader speaks on Basque independence, the European Union, and education struggles

By staff

México City, México – Fight Back! News interviewed Ibai Redondo, a representative of the teachers union that’s part of the union federation Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak (LAB) in the Basque Country. The interview was done on March 5, 2018 at the 18th Congress of the World Federation of Teachers Unions (FISE) in Mexico City. In this interview, Redondo speaks about why there is a struggle in the Basque Country for independence from Spain, his perspective on the European Union, and some of the struggles that the teachers union is waging.

Watch the interview below or at this link on YouTube. It was conducted in Spanish, with English subtitles. (press “CC” if the subtitles don't appear automatically)

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