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The American Federation of Teachers in the Middle East: Teacher Training as Labor Imperialism

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: stannock{at}gmail.com.

	Abstract

The American Federation of Teachers’ (AFT) international program is one of the largest of any labor union in the United States, running operations in countries around the world, from Bolivia to Burma and Kenya to Kazakhstan. In this article, the authors analyze the AFT’s recent interventions in the Middle East and, in particular, Lebanon. Contrary to the AFT’s high-minded rhetoric of global labor solidarity, philanthropic goodwill, and democracy promotion, the authors argue that the AFT’s Middle East programs serve U.S. government foreign policy interests in maintaining and extending American control and influence over the region.

First published on October 10, 2008
Labor Studies Journal 2008, doi:10.1177/0160449X08325993


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