Above:
Carlos Montes, a veteran Chicano activist, speaks at the October 3 conference about the need to defend public education from privatization. Stephanie Taylor, far right, led the workshop that launched the call for the November 10 day of action for education rights.
(Fight Back! News/Jacob Flom)
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Josh Sykes, organizer with Students for a Democratic Society at UNC-Asheville, addresses students and youth at the Education Rights workshop at the October 3 conference. As students and youth across the country prepare for the November 10 day of action for education rights, Fight Back! sat down with Josh Sykes of UNC-Asheville Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Sallie Lin from the Bay Area in California and Stephanie Taylor from University of Minnesota SDS to discuss the day of action, organizing the student movement and the movemen