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Challenging Casino Capitalism and Authoritarian Politics in the Age of Disposability

By Henry A. Giroux, Monthly Review Press Jun 27, 2013 Neoliberalism's ideology of competition strips schools of their civic and democratic project and hands them over to the logic of the market, helping to put authoritarianism, not democracy, on the rise in the United States in the twenty-first century. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

Disposable Youth in Dark Times

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 13, 2013 Neoliberal capitalism values young people only as commodities, social philosopher Henry Giroux says, and teachers, whose work is to encourage the growth of minds, have some of the best opportunities to defend them. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Politics of Disimagination and the Pathologies of Power

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Feb 28, 2013 We live in a time of deep foreboding, one that haunts any discourse about justice, democracy and the future. Not only have the points of reference that provided a sense of certainty and collective hope in the past largely evaporated, but the only referents available are increasingly supplied by a hyper-market-driven society, megacorporations and a corrupt financial service industry. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

War on Youth

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 3, 2012 In a second annual lecture for the Histories of Violence project, professor, critic and political theorist Henry A. Giroux talks about a subject in which he’s become expert: the systematic ways that governments across the globe visit violence on young people. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Beyond the Politics of the Big Lie

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Jun 19, 2012 The American public is suffering from an education deficit; a growing dearth of critical thinking which generates the ideology of the big lie -- the myth that the free-market system is the only mechanism available to safeguard democracy and ensure human freedom. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )