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  • Uncivil Rites

    by Steven Salaita
    Salaita’s controversial firing by the University of Illinois provoked a national conversation about academic freedom and the question of Palestine.

  • This Is Not A Test

    by José Vilson
    Vilson, a teacher from an urban school composed of black and poor youth, challenges racism and inequality in the classroom.

  • Schooling In Capitalist America

    by Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis
    A classic work of radical educational theory and a progressive economic vision of equity and equality in America's schools.

  • Neoliberalism's War on Higher Education

    by Henry A. Giroux

    Neoliberalism's War on Higher Education reveals how neoliberal policies, practices, and modes of material and symbolic violence have radically reshaped the mission and practice of higher education, short-changing a generation of young people.

  • More Than a Score

    Edited by Jesse Hagopian
    Voices from the growing movement of teachers, students, and parents organizing against high-stakes testing.

  • A Marxist Education

    by Wayne Au

    A critical analysis of the state of public education under capitalism and the prospects for radical pedagogy and reform.

  • The Future of Our Schools

    by Lois Weiner
    Timely and experience-based guide to strengthening democracy within teachers unions.

  • Education and Capitalism

    Edited by Jeff Bale and Sarah Knopp
    In this collection teachers from across the country unravel the lies spun about public education by corporate board room “reformers.”

  • Class Action

    by The Caucus of Rank and File Educators CORE and Jacobin Magazine
    Tens of thousands of ordinary people are willing to take action to defend the right to a public education.

  • Cinderella Liberator

    by Rebecca Solnit

    Rebecca Solnit reimagines a classic fairytale with a fresh, feminist Cinderella and new plot twists that will inspire young readers to change the world.

  • Black Lives Matter at School

    by Jesse Hagopian and Denisha Jones

    Black Lives Matter at School connects thousands of educators around the country who are fighting racial and economic inequality in schools. 

  • Badass Teachers Unite!

    by Mark Naison
    Mark Naison exposes how dominant Education Reform policies destabilize low income communities.

  • The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop

    by Felicia Rose Chavez

    This easy-to-use guide explains how to recruit, nourish, and fortify writers of color through innovative reading, writing, workshop, critique, and assessment strategies.

  • Against Apartheid

    Edited by Ashley Dawson and Bill V. Mullen
    A timely and incisive handbook that argues academic boycott is a vital component of the struggle against Israeli Apartheid

  • 101 Changemakers

    Edited by Michele Bollinger and Dao X Tran
    101 profiles of social justice leaders that changed the world, made accessible for students in grades 5-9.