The following interview, facilitated by Derek Ford, took place via e-mail during June and July in preparation for Black August, when progressive organizers and activists deepen our study of and commitment to the Black struggle in the U.S. and the anti-colonial and...
Marx’s pedagogies then and now: Research and presentation
Ask any teacher in any setting, and they’ll tell you there’s no “formula” or “recipe” for education. Despite what corporate charter movements assert—like Teach for America’s “I do, you do, we do” rote learning—teaching is always dependent on relationships,...
Antonio Gramsci: A communist revolutionary, organizer, and theorist
On January 1, 1916, just about 10 years before Mussolini's fascist regime imprisoned him, Italian communist Antonio Gramsci published a short article in Avanti! (Forward!)--the Italian Socialist Party's (PSI) daily newspaper--about why he "hates" New Year's Day....
Socialists in the struggle for public education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrsGE9Kcaeg&feature=youtu.be Reds in Ed held a webinar entitled Socialists in the Struggle for Public Education on Aug. 29, 2020. The webinar featured a special report from New York City just before schools were set to reopen in...
Comrades: Made, not born
Liberation Audio · Comrades: Made, Not Born All revolutionary politics are predicated on revolutionary optimism: the belief, rooted in experiences in the struggle, that workers and the oppressed can and will win. Yet revolutionary optimism doesn't just apply to the...
Vygotsky’s revolutionary educational psychology
The name Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) is commonplace in the field of education. Ask any teacher or professor of education about Vygotsky and chances are they will at least recall the name from their child development or educational psychology classes. His theories are...