• Pedagogy and Class Power: Reclaiming Freire in an Age of Reaction
    Pedagogy and Class Power: Reclaiming Freire in an Age of Reaction

    In the early decades of the twenty-first century, education has become a frontline in the ideological struggle over the future of global capitalism. The coordinated assault on teachers, curriculum, and institutions of public learning is not an isolated culture war but a structural feature of neoliberal governance. In this context, the pedagogical philosophy of Paulo […]

    Is China finally breaking the U.S. stranglehold?
    Is China finally breaking the U.S. stranglehold?

    The U.S. is in desperate economic and military “competition” with China and has lost a lot of ground fast.

    Mandy Tröger, Richard Maxwell, Ben Scott, Sut Jhally, Des Freedman, Deepa Kumar, and Victor Pickard on Robert W McChesney – Podcast
    Mandy Tröger, Richard Maxwell, Ben Scott, Sut Jhally, Des Freedman, Deepa Kumar, and Victor Pickard on Robert W McChesney – Podcast

    Mandy Tröger, Richard Maxwell, Ben Scott, Sut Jhally, Des Freedman, Deepa Kumar, and Victor Pickard on Robert W McChesney

    Israel as a tool of U.S. imperialism
    Israel as a tool of U.S. imperialism

    A number of notable parallels run through the histories of Israel and the United States.

    Curriculum of Control: Capital’s Grip on U.S. History Education
    Curriculum of Control: Capital’s Grip on U.S. History Education

    The Classroom Is a Battleground Teaching U.S. history in a public high school today is a subversive act. In the face of mounting attacks on education, educators like me are caught between the curriculum we are allowed to teach and the truth students desperately need to understand. It is no exaggeration to say that the […]

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