PART I: BEYOND THE DARKNESS OF NEOLIBERALS, CAPITALISM AND RACISM: TOWARD A MORE HUMAN WORLD. Introduction to Part I Re-examining The Impact of Colonialism and Neo-liberalism On Third World Countries: A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky Re-Examining Class and Racial Dominations in the New Era of Western Capitalism: A Conversation With Antonia Darder The Fight Against Neo-liberalism Has Just Begun: A Dialogue With Dave Hill A Critical Pedagogy of Revolutionary Solidarity Against Neoliberal, White-Supremacist, Petro-Chemical Plunder: A Conversation With Curry Stephenson Malott PART II: HOW DO SCHOOLS, THE MEDIA, AND THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM REPRODUCE SOCIAL INEQUALITIES? Introduction to Part II Class Warfare: A Dialogue With Pepi Leistyna Higher Education, Capitalism, Democracy, and Community: Challenges and Hope: A Dialogue With Hermán García Democracy and Social Justice in a Capitalist Society: Is This possible? A Conversation With Shirley Steinberg PART III: UNVEILING LINGUICISM, SEXISM, AND XENOPHOBIA IN THE SUPREME STAGE OF NEO- LIBERALISM AND NEO-COLONIALISM Introduction to Part III An Arab-Muslim Feminist Negotiating Gender/Nation/Sexuality/Colonial Discourses: A Conversation With Manal Hamzeh De-Neocolonizing Schools-Toward a Transformative School System: Pierre Orelus and Giuseppe de Simone: A Dialogue Fighting Microaggressions on University/College Campuses: A Conversation With Maribel Oropeza PART IV: INDIGENOUS VOICES ECHOING AGAINST NEOCOLONIALISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY Introduction to Part IV Resisting the WhiteStream: A Conversation With Sandy Grande A Pedagogy of Combat: Confrontations with American Racism, Colonialism, and the Whiteness of Genocide: An Interview with Ward Churchill Conclusion

Comprised of in-depth interviews and conversations with key figures in education and activism that thoroughly examine the intersection of neoliberalism, neocolonialism, and racism, this first-rate collection critically explores, through their teaching, various, important issues situated in the context of Western neoliberalism and neocolonialism.

NOAM CHOMSKY Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus) Linguistic Theory, Syntax, Semantics, Philosophy of Language
ANTONIA DARDER Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Latino/a Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
HERMAN GARCIA Regents Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, New Mexico State University, USA. He is Director of Elementary Education
MANAL HAMZEH Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at New Mexico State University, USA
DAVE HILL teaches at Middlesex University, London, England, and is Visiting Professor at the University of Athens, Greece, and of Critical Education Policy and Equality Studies, University of Limerick, Ireland
PEPI LEISTYNA Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics Graduate Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA and is the Director of the Center for World Languages and Cultures
PETER MCLAREN Professor, School of Critical Studies in Education, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland, New Zealand
BRADLEY PORFILIO Assistant Professor of Education at Lewis University in Romeoville, USA
SHIRLEY STEINBERG Director and Chair of The Werklund Foundation Centre for Youth Leadership in Education, and Professor of Youth Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada