In the age of nascent fascism, it is not enough to connect education with the defense of reason.
The Public Intellectual
Progressive academics address important social issues in a language that is both rigorous and accessible.
In a world beset by fascist nightmares, radical education offers hope for social transformation.
The forces of malicious ignorance and arrogant anti-intellectualism led by Donald Trump could bring fascism to the US.
We most recently saw the weaponization of ignorance exemplified in Trump’s disingenuous 2019 State of the Union address.
Teachers in LA are rejecting forms of pedagogical terrorism that aim to remove students from politics.
The Trump administration views children not as the promise of a future, but as a threat to the present.
The politics of disposability now exists at the highest levels of the US government.
“The Senate is a wrecking ball for democracy,” says Giroux.
Driven by a hatred of “the other,” fascist politics trade in an incendiary rhetoric of fear, demonization and violence.
Trump’s language seems buffoonish, but he’s no clown. His rhetoric is meant to destroy thought and democracy.